Snr Dev Ops Engineer AWS / Azure

Preservica; Abingdon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital preservation company in Abingdon is seeking an experienced DevOps professional to join their dynamic team. The role involves leading DevOps practices across environments, automating infrastructure provisioning, and supporting production incident response. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS/Azure and a passion for automation-first practices. This position offers opportunities for growth in a competitive, fast-growing market, along with comprehensive training and career development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual training allowance

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in DevOps and System Administration.
• Ability to work in a Scrum team and collaborate across environments.
• Experience in automating infrastructure provisioning and deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve DevOps practices across environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, migrations, and upgrades.
• Design and maintain scalable, secure AWS/Azure environments.
• Develop monitoring strategies in collaboration with CloudOps.
• Support production incident response and maintain documentation.

Skills

AWS/Azure

Infrastructure as Code

Automation-first practices

Docker

Kubernetes

Strong written and verbal skills

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

So, you have a deep understanding of SaaS software in production. CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code is in your blood and Automation is everything! Are you ready to automate the deployment of SaaS solutions (dev, test, prod) that safeguard the world’s most precious digital assets? Working alongside some of the most talented experts in our sector?

We are Preservica and we are changing the way organisations safeguard their digital information. Our projects are at the leading edge of commercial software solutions addressing the need for smart digital preservation technologies. As a world‑leader in digital preservation, our award‑winning software is used by leading businesses, archives, libraries, museums and government organizations across the globe.

To maintain our growth, we believe in hiring strong technical talent and then supporting that talent to grow with us.

This role can be remote / hybrid with 1-2 monthy days on our Abingdon office.

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

• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS/Azure and SaaS platforms.
• 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.