Locations: Birmingham, Blackpool, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle or Sheffield (3 days per week onsite)
The Role
We’re seeking an experienced Digital DevOps Lead to drive DevOps strategy, engineering excellence and operational stability across a major government digital programme.
This is a leadership-focused position where you’ll own the DevOps capability for multiple products and services, helping shape engineering standards, cloud strategy and automation practices while providing technical leadership to a team of DevOps Engineers.
Working closely with Engineering and Architecture leadership, you’ll be responsible for ensuring platforms are secure, scalable, resilient and fit for purpose, with a strong focus on availability, quality and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of DevOps Engineers, providing coaching, mentoring and technical guidance
- Define and implement DevOps strategy, standards and best practices across products and teams
- Drive automation initiatives and promote a strong DevOps culture
- Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, platform reliability and operational performance
- Design and manage reusable libraries, templates, tooling and services
- Work closely with Engineering, Architecture and Product stakeholders to deliver strategic objectives
- Support delivery teams by breaking down complex requirements into actionable technical solutions
- Champion knowledge sharing, documentation and engineering best practice across the wider community
- Provide technical advice and recommendations to senior stakeholders
- Contribute to medium and long-term technology strategies and roadmaps
Essential Experience
- Strong DevOps leadership experience within large-scale digital environments
- Proven experience working with AWS and/or Azure
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric
- Strong stakeholder management and engagement skills
- Experience driving DevOps adoption, automation and engineering best practices
- Ability to influence technical strategy and lead engineering teams
Desirable Experience
- Networking and infrastructure expertise
- Experience with GitLab
- Experience working within complex enterprise or public sector environments
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to lead DevOps strategy on a high-profile government digital programme
- Long-term 12-month engagement
- Collaborative engineering environment with significant technical ownership
- Opportunity to shape engineering standards, automation practices and cloud strategy across multiple services
DevOps Lead - 12 Months - Hybrid - Inside IR35 employer: Morson Group
Morson Group is an exceptional employer, recognised as one of the UK's Best Big Companies to work for, offering a supportive family-run culture that prioritises employee well-being and development. With 26 days of holiday, bespoke training programmes, and comprehensive mental health support, employees are empowered to grow and thrive in their roles, particularly within the dynamic Payroll team at our Salford office.
