Staff Devops Engineer

Altium; Cambourne; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Pension scheme with company match up

Mental health support

Remote working abroad program

Professional development support

Job summary

Altium is seeking a Staff DevOps Engineer to architect cloud-native environments, streamline deployment pipelines, and deliver automation solutions that scale for customers worldwide. This role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, infrastructure excellence, and continuous improvement.

You’ll work closely with software teams, design resilient CI/CD and provisioning processes, and mentor peers while contributing to strategic planning and deployment scalability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience in DevOps/SRE environments.
• Strong Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure knowledge (AWS).
• Hands-on with CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• Experience with monitoring and tracing tools (Prometheus, NewRelic).
• Proficient in scripting languages (Go, Python, Bash).

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain solid relationships with software development teams.
• Plan, document, and manage projects and tasks.
• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines and automate provisioning and deployment.
• Create a resilient, scalable service infrastructure across regions.
• Deploy, monitor, and scale application services.
• Mentor teammates and drive knowledge sharing.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD

IaC

Go/Python

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab

Terraform

OpenSearch

Prometheus

NewRelic

Job description

Why Altium?

Altium is transforming the way electronics are designed and built. From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before.

• Constant innovation has created a transformative technology, unique in its space
• More than 30,000 companies and 100,000 electronics engineers worldwide use Altium
• We are growing, debt-free, and financially strong, with the resources to become #1 in the EDA industry

Form of work: We work in the office 3 days a week, so you must be located close to our office in Cambridge Science Park

About the Role

You’ll architect resilient cloud-native environments, streamline deployment pipelines, and deliver tailored automation solutions that drive customer success at scale. This is a high-impact role for a technical expert who thrives on cross-functional collaboration, continuous improvement, and delivering value through infrastructure excellence.

A Day in The Life of Our Staff DevOps Engineer

• Have clear and solid relationships with software development departments.
• Plan and document work and projects.
• Build and continuously optimize CI/CD process and streamline automation effort for server provisioning and applications deployment.
• Build a resilient and scalable service infrastructure to accommodate regions.
• Deploy, monitor and scale application services.
• Mentor team members and drive knowledge sharing.
• Participate in project management and ongoing strategic planning.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in DevOps / SRE environment.
• 6+ years of experience working with Linux and Windows systems.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding and knowledge of cloud infrastructure components such as AWS Cloud (EC2,EKS, RDS, Lambda, Opensearch, S3, FSX, Route53 and network appliances.)
• Working knowledge of Jenkins, GitLab or alternative CI systems.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as a Code approach (Terraform preferred).
• Good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle.
• Good understanding of microservice architecture.
• Good experience in Monitoring k8s clusters, APM, services and infrastructure located in AWS (NewRelic,Prometheus).
• Ability to create automation tools in Go, Python, Bash, Powershell.
• Familiarity with Continuous Delivery tools used with microservices.
• Coding Experience.

Additional Information

Benefits

• Private health insurance including dental coverage
• Pension scheme with company match up to 9%
• nilo.health, mental health and wellbeing support
• Remote working abroad program
• Professional development support and resources
• Employee referral program
• 28 days' holiday + public holidays and special leave
• Enhanced family and special leave
• Free lunch, snacks, and drinks in the office
• Electric car charging stations, free office parking, bicycle, and scooter storage

Altium Limited, a part of the Renesas Group and headquartered in San Diego, California, is a global software company accelerating the pace of electronics innovation. We are redefining electronic product creation in a software-defined world with our industry-first cloud-based platform that unites every stakeholder and phase of electronics development.

From startups to world’s technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before. At Altium, our teams are empowered to innovate, collaborate globally, and help create the future of electronics development.

We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.