Senior DevOps Lead – Cloud, CI/CD, On-Site

DP World; Southampton; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

DP World Southampton is seeking a Lead DevOps Analyst to drive the reliability, performance, and security of CNS's platforms while collaborating with infrastructure, development, and business teams on site in Southampton.

You will shape platform roadmaps, implement IaC, manage CI/CD pipelines, and lead automation initiatives to enable scalable delivery and resilient operations across critical cargo and logistics services.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, Cloud Engineering, or Platform Engineering roles.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and supporting business-critical production environments.
• Strong experience designing, implementing, and supporting CI/CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure environments (Azure preferred).
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, automation tooling, and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Lead the ongoing support, maintenance, and enhancement of CNS infrastructure, applications, and DevOps services
• Drive DevOps best practices, automation initiatives, and operational standards across the technology environment
• Support the development and execution of platform roadmaps and technical improvement plans
• Ensure infrastructure and applications remain secure, scalable, highly available, and performant
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud-based infrastructure solutions and supporting services
• Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks and deployment automation
• Identify opportunities to automate operational processes and reduce manual intervention
• Support infrastructure optimisation, capacity planning, and cost management activities
• Develop, maintain, and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support efficient and reliable software delivery
• Support release planning, deployment activities, and production implementations
• Ensure deployment processes are repeatable, secure, and aligned with organisational standards
• Collaborate with development teams to improve delivery effectiveness and software quality
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions across platforms
• Investigate and resolve complex technical incidents and performance issues
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement preventative measures
• Drive continuous service improvement through operational insights and system metrics
• Act as a key interface between infrastructure, development, and business teams
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to internal teams and delivery partners
• Support technical decision-making and ensure alignment with business objectives
• Contribute to project delivery and transformation initiatives across the organisation
• Ensure systems and infrastructure comply with security, governance, and regulatory requirements
• Support vulnerability management, patching, and risk mitigation activities
• Contribute to disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience planning
• Maintain technical standards, documentation, and operational procedures
• Identify emerging technologies and industry best practices that may benefit CNS platforms
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives across infrastructure and software delivery
• Participate in lessons learned reviews and service improvement activities
• Support innovation and digital transformation programmes within the organisation

Skills

DevOps leadership

Cloud engineering

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Azure cloud

Automation tooling

Monitoring observability

Security governance

Stakeholder management

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

Ansible

Job description

DP World Southampton is seeking a Lead DevOps Analyst to drive the reliability, performance, and security of CNS's platforms while collaborating with infrastructure, development, and business teams on site in Southampton.

You will shape platform roadmaps, implement IaC, manage CI/CD pipelines, and lead automation initiatives to enable scalable delivery and resilient operations across critical cargo and logistics services.