Lead DevOps Engineer

Full-Time 43200 - 72000 £ / year (est.) No home office possible

Enso Recruitment is partnering with a leading technology-driven organisation to find a talented Lead DevOps Engineer. This role offers the chance to take a hands-on leadership position within a collaborative team responsible for maintaining and evolving a highly available, scalable cloud environment.

The successful candidate will play a key role in guiding DevOps practices, supporting rapid deployment cycles, and driving infrastructure improvements across a growing SaaS platform with a global reach.

Key Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership to the DevOps function while remaining actively involved in hands-on engineering work.
Manage and optimise AWS-based infrastructure with tools like Kubernetes and Terraform.
Partner with development, product, and security teams to deliver robust, secure, and scalable systems.
Oversee CI/CD processes and support multiple daily releases with minimal disruption.
Shape infrastructure strategy, influencing best practices and architectural decisions.

What You’ll Bring

Experience leading DevOps efforts or teams in a dynamic, fast-paced setting.
Strong expertise in AWS services including networking, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, and container orchestration with EKS.
Demonstrated ability to manage production systems, resolve incidents, and implement effective change controls.
A pragmatic approach to balancing technical, security, and operational priorities.

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)

Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
Familiarity with observability tools and techniques.

Benefits & Perks

Fully remote role or hybrid option from Belfast.
Personal development budget.
Long-term incentive scheme participation.
Private health coverage, including critical illness and life insurance.
Wellness support including gym discounts and other benefits.