Senior DevOps & Platform Engineer | Cloud & K8s Leader

Red Badger; Greater London, Leeds; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Life Insurance

Critical Illness Cover

Private Medical Insurance

Hardware & phone

Home-office budget

Charity donations

Cycle to work

Parental leave

Job summary

Red Badger is a London-based tech and product consultancy seeking a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to lead and execute on complex client projects. You’ll operate across enterprise environments, shaping architecture, delivery strategy, and tooling decisions while coaching delivery teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on work, strong consulting skills, and collaboration with product and delivery leads to ensure technology choices support client goals and Red Badger’s standards.

Qualifications

• Not specified.

Responsibilities

• Provide input into architectural framework and solution design.
• Coach and review code to ensure quality.
• Lead multiple technology teams across a programme of work.
• Align tools and processes with client goals and delivery strategy.
• Consult on technology strategy and roadmap with senior stakeholders.

Skills

Architectural thinking

Mentoring

Client engagement

DevOps culture

Leadership

Continuous improvement

Tools

Terraform

FLUX

Kyverno

Github Actions

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes / EKS

Job description

Red Badger is a London-based tech and product consultancy seeking a Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to lead and execute on complex client projects. You’ll operate across enterprise environments, shaping architecture, delivery strategy, and tooling decisions while coaching delivery teams.

The role emphasizes hands-on work, strong consulting skills, and collaboration with product and delivery leads to ensure technology choices support client goals and Red Badger’s standards.