Lead DevOps (iOS) in City of Westminster

We continue to experience rapid demand and growth in iOS Development at Global Relay. As such we have multiple iOS teams working on exciting feature deliveries for our customers. We are looking for an iOS DevOps lead who, together with their team, will leverage best DevOps practices and consolidate our Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines and deployment processes to maximise efficiencies and facilitate world leading software quality that our customers expect. The role combines hands‑on technical activities and line‑management duties to maintain a high‑performing and motivated team.

Responsibilities

• Automation: researching, innovating and developing solutions inline with current DevOps best practices.
• Operations: monitoring and streamlining tooling, processes or infrastructure to ensure a smooth and consistent experience for our development teams.
• Service reliability: instrumenting monitoring to get the best out of our on‑premise hardware and to ensure system issues are dealt with efficiently; collaborating closely with our developer community providing support and troubleshooting when required.
• Technical leadership: setting the strategic goals for iOS DevOps, ensuring scaling, efficiency and security needs are met through the activities of you and your team.
• People management: ensuring the team maintains high motivation, focusing on highest‑value priorities while conducting regular 1‑to‑1s, coaching, guidance and performance management activities to develop staff and maximise their potential.

Technologies

• Build & Deployment Automation such as Bitbucket, Jenkins, Ansible.
• Containerisation/Virtualisation (Docker/Podman).
• Instrumentation & Monitoring (Loki, Grafana, Mimir, Prometheus).
• Languages and scripts: Python, Bash, Swift.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years working as a team lead.
• 1–2 years using Xcode and Swift.
• Comfortable collaborating with cross‑functional areas.
• Strong security awareness, including best practices surrounding Kubernetes.
• Hands‑on experience with Python and Bash.
• Comfortable working in a cross‑geographic team.
• Understanding of computer science fundamentals such as threading, OOP and more.
• Understanding of software system concepts such as networking, firewalls, protocols, databases and more.
• Some understanding of software delivery practices such as Git branching models and configuration management.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or similar; Infrastructure as Code tools such as Ansible or Puppet; Containerisation/Virtualisation technology such as Docker, Podman, VMware.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience working within on‑premise infrastructure or managing a cluster of Mac Minis.
• Understanding of software delivery practices such as feature toggling and no‑downtime deployment.

Other Requirements

• Employees are required to attend the office 4 days per week in accordance with Global Relay's hybrid working policy.
• Global Relay is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.

Benefits

• Mentoring, coaching and support to reach career goals.
• Culture that breeds creativity and rewards perseverance and hard work.
• Work alongside talented individuals from diverse backgrounds with complementary knowledge and skills.

Equal‑Opportunity Employment

Global Relay is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek to ensure reasonable adjustments, accommodations, and personal time are tailored to meet the unique needs of every individual.