Senior DevOps Engineer
Contract Opportunity | 12 Months | Hybrid (60% On-Site)
Were looking for experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to join a major digital transformation programme, helping to build, maintain and improve large-scale cloud-based services used by millions of users.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping DevOps practices, driving automation, and providing technical leadership within a high-performing engineering environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead DevOps engineering activities across multiple products and services.
- Design, build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
- Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Drive engineering best practices, platform stability, service availability and operational excellence.
- Mentor and support DevOps Engineers, providing technical leadership and guidance.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, architecture and delivery teams to define and implement strategic solutions.
- Champion knowledge sharing, documentation and continuous improvement across the wider engineering community.
- Support release planning, deployment processes, risk assessment and rollout strategies.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Hands-on expertise with Terraform.
- Experience building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong DevOps engineering background within complex enterprise environments.
- Experience designing, deploying and supporting cloud-based infrastructure.
- Ability to lead technical discussions and provide mentoring to engineering teams.
Desirable Skills
- Cloud certifications (AWS, Azure or Google Cloud).
- Strong networking knowledge.
- Experience working within large-scale public sector or regulated environments.
- Experience deploying and supporting solutions across public cloud platforms.
This role would suit a senior-level DevOps professional with a strong automation mindset, excellent cloud infrastructure experience, and a passion for building resilient, scalable platforms.
Senior DevOps Engineer - 12 Months - Inside IR35 - Hyrbid 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.
