Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer

TN United Kingdom; Wales; On-site; GBP 62,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Senior or Lead DevOps Engineer with a forward-thinking organization in Wales. This role is pivotal in designing and implementing DevOps solutions for transformative IT projects, collaborating with diverse stakeholders. You will lead a dedicated team, driving excellence in Agile methodologies while ensuring robust cloud infrastructure through innovative practices. Enjoy a competitive salary, flexible working arrangements, and the chance to contribute to significant digitalization efforts in the region. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise can make a real impact!

Benefits

28 days annual leave + public bank holidays

Flexible working environment

Competitive pension scheme (8% contribution)

4 x Death in service

Free Rail travel throughout Wales

Salary sacrifice scheme (cycle to work, electric vehicle)

Modern office environment

Opportunity to work on industry-changing projects

Qualifications

• Proven experience in designing and maintaining public cloud services.
• Strong leadership skills to guide and mentor a DevOps team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of DevOps Engineers, ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Design and maintain public cloud infrastructure using IaaS and PaaS.

Skills

Leadership and Mentorship

Technical Expertise in Microsoft Cloud

DevOps Practices (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes)

Monitoring and Logging Solutions

Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

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29.04.2025

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13.06.2025

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Job Description:

IntaPeople are proud and excited to be appointed to recruit an experienced Senior or Lead DevOps Engineer for a Welsh-based not-for-profit sector client on an exclusive growth project.

This is a very exciting opportunity to join their fast-growing IT team in this newly created position. You will be responsible for designing and building DevOps solutions for a range of transformational IT and Digital projects with a range of internal and external suppliers and stakeholders.

Skills

• Leadership and Mentorship: Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor DevOps teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment
• Technical Expertise: Proven experience in designing, developing, and maintaining complex public cloud services, with a deep understanding of Microsoft cloud and DevOps technologies, including experience in one or more of: Azure PaaS, Azure IaaS and Azure DevOps
• DevOps Practices: Proficiency with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible).
• Monitoring and Logging: Expertise in implementing and managing monitoring and logging solutions using technologies such as Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, or similar tooling provided by cloud platform vendors to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Agile Methodologies: Strong experience in implementing and leading Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, to ensure efficient and effective project delivery.

We are also open to speaking with candidates who have an AWS skill set who are willing to upskill and potentially cross over into Azure DevOps/Cloud.

Responsibilities (at a glance)

• Lead and develop a small team of DevOps Engineers (approx 2-3 currently), through providing guidance from both a technical and governance perspective, following both architectural and DevOps Lifecycle best practices, to solidify and grow the capabilities of your team.
• Use Azure Cost Explorer to monitor cloud expenditure and make recommendations for cost efficiencies
• Drive project success and support a culture of excellence through leading sprint ceremonies, including planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure the team adheres to Agile principles, facilitating discussions to identify obstacles and promote continuous improvement.
• Design, build, and maintain public cloud infrastructure using a mix of IaaS and PaaS resources, deployed via Infrastructure as Code (built in terraform) to deliver a secure, scalable cloud platform in line with their Cloud Principles.
• Design, build, and maintain build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps in line with their CI/CD principles to ensure that deployment strategies for resources are repeatable, scalable and highly available.
• Refine the DevOps culture across the engineering teams through continuous improvement and iteration of Software Development lifecycles to increase automation and reduce manual effort.
• Have deep technical knowledge to provide support to delivery teams in solving complex problems.

What you’ll get in return (at a glance)

• A salary of circa £62,500 - £65,000 (depending on experience)
• 28 days annual leave + public bank holidays
• A flexible working environment
• Competitive Legal and General pension Scheme (8% contribution)
• 4 x Death in service
• Free Rail travel throughout Wales
• The opportunity to work on modern and industry changing projects
• Salary sacrifice scheme such as – cycle to work, electric vehicle
• To be based in their brand new, modern offices 2-3 days per week with the wider team in Pontypridd
• A chance to truly contribute to large scale digitalisation projects within Wales

For more information click APPLY now or for a confidential chat call Nathan Handley on 02920 252 500.

This role is commutable from Swansea, Bridgend, Cardiff and Newport.