Senior PHP Engineer – Symfony Migration & DevOps Lead

Stockford Recruitment; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital healthcare firm in the UK is seeking a Senior / Lead Developer to join their tech team. This role involves modernising legacy PHP systems using Symfony and enhancing the infrastructure's security and reliability. The ideal candidate will have strong web engineering skills, experience with DevOps practices, and Linux admin expertise. It's a long-term opportunity focused on a patient-facing platform, with a supportive environment for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Experience modernising legacy systems, ideally with Symfony.
• Familiarity with DevOps and release management.
• Comfortable with security and networking oversight.

Responsibilities

• Modernise and rebuild legacy PHP systems into Symfony.
• Deliver new platform features based on business needs.
• Support release management and CI pipelines.
• Maintain and enhance Ubuntu infrastructure and security.

Skills

PHP / web engineering

CI / CD

Linux admin (Ubuntu)

Scripting / automation

Security awareness

Tools

Symfony

Ansible

Nginx

Job description

A leading digital healthcare firm in the UK is seeking a Senior / Lead Developer to join their tech team. This role involves modernising legacy PHP systems using Symfony and enhancing the infrastructure's security and reliability. The ideal candidate will have strong web engineering skills, experience with DevOps practices, and Linux admin expertise. It's a long-term opportunity focused on a patient-facing platform, with a supportive environment for professional growth.