Senior DevOps Engineer – Kafka - real time, event driven, secure at Scale!

⚙️ Senior DevOps Engineer – Kafka – real time, event driven, secure at Scale!

We are partnering with a pioneering UK tech company who are building their next-gen platform, blending rock-solid reliability with real-time data and secure collaboration at scale. They’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their engineering team and play a key role in scaling and securing infrastructure across these high-impact, real-world use cases.

What the Senior DevOps Engineer will be doing:

✅ Designing and deploying Kubernetes-native infrastructure using Helm and Terraform

✅ Building and managing secure, automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)

✅ Automating provisioning and scaling for Redis, Kafka, and PostgreSQL

✅ Implementing observability and monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, etc.)

✅ Managing identity and access control frameworks (Keycloak or similar)

✅ Championing infrastructure security best practices : RBAC, secrets management, hardening

✅ Collaborating with backend and AI engineers to ensure performance and reliability

✅ Supporting cloud and on-premise deployments in secure and civilian domains

✅ Maintaining existing legacy systems during the transition to a new platform

What they’re looking for in a Senior DevOps Engineer:

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering
• Hands-on Kubernetes, Helm, and Terraform experience in production
• Proven Kafka experience in real-time, event-driven architectures at scale
• Experience with modern CI/CD pipelines
• Solid Linux knowledge (networking, secure operations)
• Scripting in Go or Bash
• Experience working in security-conscious environments
• Eligible for UK SC (Security Check) clearance – they’ll support clearance for the right person!

⭐️ Bonus experience:

• Redis clustering, PostgreSQL tuning, or similar database expertise
• Exposure to zero-trust architectures or compliance frameworks
• Familiarity with Vault or WireGuard

Location & Flexibility:

The company is remote-friendly across the UK , with a well-equipped office in central London you’re welcome to use as much as you like. Ideally, they’re looking for someone in or near London/South East to join occasional meetups or workshops (always with notice).