At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead DevOps initiatives and optimise deployment pipelines for cloud applications.
- Company: Join a world-leading organisation with a progressive culture.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with mentorship opportunities and career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by driving innovation in cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.
- Qualifications: Strong AWS experience and expertise in CI/CD tools required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
6 Month contract initially + Extensions
Based: Hybrid - 1 day p/w Onsite in Windsor
Rate: £400 - £500 p/d (via Umbrella company)
We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We are seeking an experienced DevOps Lead to drive the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of DevOps practices across cloud and application platforms. The role involves leading DevOps initiatives, enabling development teams, and ensuring secure, scalable, and reliable deployment pipelines. Experience supporting Salesforce platform deployments and integrations is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Lead the DevOps strategy, implementation, and continuous improvement initiatives across multiple applications and platforms.
- Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available AWS cloud infrastructure environments.
- Own and optimise CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient, reliable, and automated application deployments.
- Collaborate with Development, QA, Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, and Salesforce teams to ensure seamless delivery and operational excellence.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
- Establish monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions to proactively detect incidents.
- Drive environment management, release automation, configuration management, and deployment standardisation across teams.
- Ensure cloud security, compliance, vulnerability management, and adherence to governance policies.
- Lead troubleshooting and root-cause analysis for production issues, performance bottlenecks, and deployment failures.
- Mentor and guide DevOps engineers while promoting DevOps culture, best practices, automation, and improvement.
Mandatory Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud services – networking, compute, storage, security, IAM, monitoring.
- Proven expertise in CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or similar.
- Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Strong knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and EKS.
- Excellent understanding of DevOps, SRE, Agile methodologies, automation frameworks, system reliability, and operational best practices.
Desirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience
- Experience with Salesforce DevOps – deployment automation using Copado, Gearset, AutoRABIT, or Salesforce DX.
- Knowledge of Salesforce platform architecture, integrations, release management, and environment strategy.
- Experience with observability & monitoring tools such as Datadog, Splunk, Dynatrace, Grafana, CloudWatch, AppDynamics.
- Exposure to multi-cloud environments – Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Relevant certifications – AWS Solutions Architect/DevOps Engineer Professional, Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Platform App Builder, Kubernetes (CKA/CKAD), Terraform Associate.
Equal Employment Obligations
We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity.
DevOps Lead in Windsor employer: LA International
LA International is an excellent employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, making it an ideal place for Senior Amazon Connect Engineers to thrive. With a focus on employee growth and development, the company offers opportunities for skill enhancement and career progression, all while working in a hybrid environment that promotes work-life balance. Located in a vibrant area, employees benefit from a dynamic atmosphere that encourages creativity and teamwork, ensuring a rewarding and meaningful employment experience.
