Future Opportunity - DevOps Consultant in Sunderland

hackajob is partnering directly with Opencast Software to hire for this role. Ready to automate, innovate and make a real impact? Do you want to build reliable, scalable systems that make a real difference to millions of people? Do you want to work at a certified B Corp with an inclusive and learning culture as part of a diverse team of great people? If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We're a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses.

Working in DevOps, you'll build and maintain the systems that let teams respond quickly to needs. You'll work on high-impact projects, helping to build reliable, scalable systems. We align work to industry-recognised roles such as Build & Release Engineer (BRE), Platform Engineer (PLE) or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) and, where needed, to more specialised areas such as security, cloud hosting, infrastructure or networking.

The Role

At Opencast, we love to keep things simple, and we love automation. It's not the same as your standard DevOps Consultant job. Depending on your client's needs, you'll take on a range of roles. These will include:

• Taking the lead on responding to outages, triaging issues, balancing stakeholder priorities/concerns, and keeping communication channels open with all parties.
• Developing, and implementing continuous deployment solutions that help our clients to deliver software faster and more efficiently.
• Collaborating with our clients to understand their ways of working and will have an enthusiasm to learn new tools and technologies as needed.
• Contributing within Opencast communities.
• Ensuring that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast's quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

We care about building things right. We believe in good DevOps practices and keeping things simple. We want to support you as much as we can on interiorising our approach to DevOps engineering and you supporting others. We are proud consultants who combine our own experience and approach with our company values. We are comfortable with new tech. We are empowered, cloud native, vendor agnostic DevOps engineers. We are empathetic, patient and care about quality. We know when to pick our battles and how to manage expectations. We are humble, inclusive team players that listen and collaborate, with zero egos! We're always willing to teach and help others (inside or outside of our team). And we're always willing to learn. It's a varied job that keeps you super technical and excited.

Requirements

This role involves weekly on-site work, and you'll be required to travel regularly to client locations across the UK. We're looking for people who value in-person collaboration, enjoy building strong relationships, and are passionate about delivering solutions that make a real difference for our clients. Due to the nature of this role, you must either hold active Security Check (SC) clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the clearance process. SC clearance is granted in line with UK Government security vetting requirements. Typically, applicants must have UK citizenship and have lived continuously in the UK for at least the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. Nationality and immigration status may also be considered as part of the vetting process. We are unable to progress applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements. If you are unsure whether you meet the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to review the guidance or discuss this with us before applying. We're looking to welcome new team members for multiple roles from autumn onward. If you're interested in joining Opencast, we'd encourage you to apply.

Essential experience

To succeed in this role, you'll have experience working within DevOps and be able to demonstrate, with tangible examples, that you can:

• Create, modify, and maintain complex CI/CD pipelines.
• Create dashboards and visualisations for application performance that proactively identify and address potential problems before they occur.
• Use automated testing to detect security issues/vulnerabilities in application and/or infrastructure code, thereby detecting issues before it reaches production (aka Shift-Left).
• Strong experience in operating and maintaining services primarily in any of the BIG three public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP).
• Bring recent government (public sector) experience.
• Deliver complex digital services aligned to Government Digital Service (GDS) standards.

Essential consulting skills

In addition to DevOps skills, there are essential core skills you need to be an Opencast consultant. You'll need to demonstrate how you:

• Contribute to improving ways of working and driving continuous improvements within your teams.
• Share knowledge and best practice with fellow consultants, including proactively engaging in client and Opencast communities of practice.
• Positively challenge decisions or solutions you don't agree with, striving for the best client outcome.
• Create lasting value in the projects you work on, ensuring a user-centric, sustainable approach.
• Engage with Opencast in a meaningful way, supporting the growth of your practice and wider capability.
• Support Opencast's growth plans, by providing case studies and updates into the relevant forums of your project work.

During the interview process, we'll ask questions to explore your experience across these areas.

Salary £50,000 - £60,000 per annum.

What we offer

A competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options, and a discretionary bonus. You'll also benefit from 25 days' holiday and access to 3 annual “life happens” days to support unexpected situations. We provide wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities, and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team.

Where you'll work

This role requires regular on-site attendance at our HQ, hub offices, and client sites, as well as the ability to work from home. Applicants must be able to travel to offices and client sites across the UK as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential for fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.

We include you

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview

Interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. We're happy to make adjustments to support your needs.

Want to know more? Visit our website or email. Are you looking for work that makes a difference? Do you want to work with people who learn and grow together? If you're looking to move roles in the next couple of months, we're interested in hearing from talented people like you. Submit an application to be considered for future opportunities at Opencast. Our Talent Engagement team will review your application and will be in touch to let you know how we would like to proceed.