DevOps Engineer in Midlothian

Delighted to be working with a Space-Tech company that's quietly becoming one of the UK's standout technology success stories. Close to doubling in size in 2026/27, this is the chance to be part of a truly ambitious and pioneering story. Their platform is helping reshape how complex space systems are built and operated, and demand is growing fast across international markets. As a result, they're scaling at pace, with this role forming part of a significant growth phase rather than a replacement hire.

They're looking for a DevOps Engineer who enjoys building robust platforms, automating everything possible, and solving interesting engineering challenges alongside an exceptionally talented team.

• Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience
• Flexible hybrid working from their Edinburgh office
• 36 days' annual leave
• Pension contribution
• Employee ownership scheme
• Enhanced parental leave
• Health Cash Plan (dental, optical, physio)
• Life assurance
• Ongoing investment in training, conferences, and professional development
• International travel opportunities
• A genuinely inclusive and supportive working culture

You'll be embedded within a skilled engineering function, working across a varied mix of embedded firmware, developer tooling, and cloud-based applications. Your focus will be on improving the speed, reliability, and quality of software delivery, from designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and managing test environments through to tracking performance via DORA metrics, ensuring observability, and upholding security best practice throughout. You'll work closely with engineering teams to get under the skin of how they build, test, and deploy their software, using that insight to drive continuous improvement and accelerate the pace of development. Environment stability will be a key part of your remit, and you'll also liaise directly with customers when deployments touch their own infrastructure. It's a broad, hands-on role with real scope to shape how things are done, and the kind of position where no two days look exactly the same.

• A well-rounded DevOps Engineer, comfortable across the full delivery lifecycle
• Confident use of distributed version control systems such as Git or Mercurial
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD platforms, whether that's Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or something comparable
• Write clean, reliable scripts in Python, shell, PowerShell, or a similar language
• Practical experience building, managing, and orchestrating OCI containers using tools such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or LXC
• A good understanding of artefact and dependency management across the delivery pipeline
• Solid grasp of networking essentials including DNS, IP, firewalls, VPN setup, and day-to-day troubleshooting
• You must hold full eligibility to work in the UK.

Interested? We'd love to hear from you, get in touch today to find out more. Please apply with your most up-to-date CV.

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