Snr Dev Ops Engineer AWS / Azure

Preservica; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Abingdon is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will lead DevOps practices and automate infrastructure deployments across environments. The ideal candidate has substantial experience with AWS and Azure, alongside a strong focus on automation and infrastructure as code. This position offers competitive salary and a commitment to personal development through training opportunities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Tailored career development

Annual training allowance

Qualifications

• Proven DevOps engineering experience (senior-level or above).
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS/Azure and SaaS platforms.
• Solid Linux & Windows system administration experience.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code: Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• A strong focus on automation-first DevOps practices.
• Extremely strong written and verbal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve DevOps practices across environments (dev, test, prod).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, migrations, and upgrades.
• Design and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure AWS/Azure based environments.
• Develop monitoring and alerting strategies in collaboration with CloudOps.
• Write and maintain clear documentation and share knowledge across teams.
• Support production incident response alongside the operations team.

Skills

DevOps engineering

AWS/Azure

SaaS platforms

Linux system administration

Windows system administration

Infrastructure as Code

Docker

Kubernetes

automation-first DevOps practices

written and verbal skills

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

About You

With a track record in Dev Ops and System Administration, you are a technology enthusiast who takes pride in creating rock solid solutions to deploy software at scale and velocity. Willing to challenge the status quo with a passion to learn and embrace new technologies. You communicate well at all levels and through all channels.

Our team is growing, and you will need to be self-motivated, highly organised and able to multitask and prioritise.

The Role

Preservica is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner and a Government and Education Competency Partner, as well as a Microsoft Azure Partner and have achieved the highest levels of accreditation for the security, performance and reliability of our Cloud hosted (SaaS) solution.

Your prime role will be working as part of a Scrum team, responsible for DevOps activities associated with new product development, designing and implementing incremental improvements to the cloud infrastructure and software deployment.

Your key tasks will include:

• Lead and evolve our DevOps practices across environments (dev, test, prod).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, migrations, and upgrades.
• Design and maintain scalable, resilient, and secure AWS/Azure based environments.
• Develop monitoring and alerting strategies in collaboration with CloudOps.
• Write and maintain clear documentation and share knowledge across teams.
• Support production incident response alongside the operations team.

Knowledge & Experience

• Proven DevOps engineering experience (senior-level or above).
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS/Azure and SaaS platforms.
• Solid Linux & Windows system administration experience.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code: Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• A strong focus on automation-first DevOps practices.
• Extremely strong written and verbal skills

What We Offer

Our people are important to us. As well as a competitive salary and benefits package, we also offer great future prospects in a fast-growing market sector. From developing your leadership skills to improving your technical abilities, we can offer tailored career development based on your aspirations. This is supported by our focus on personal development and training - all our staff have an annual training allowance, which can be used to learn new technologies, develop soft skills or earn recognised professional qualifications.

Preservica is an equal opportunities employer.