DevOps Engineer in Manchester

We believe in the power of ingenuity to build a positive human future. We challenge where it matters and own the outcome. We combine strategic thinking, customer‑centric service design, and agile engineering practices to accelerate innovation in a tech‑driven world.

Why consider joining our Digital & Data community?

• Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts and cross‑disciplinary teams to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust‑based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity.
• You have the option to progress with us on a technical career track.
• Hybrid working - our approach is to be in the office or on client site a minimum of 2 days per week.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors - no project is ever the same.
• Join other experts within our supportive and collaborative tech community through knowledge‑sharing and peer‑level support, coaching and mentoring.
• Deepen your expertise through our culture of learning and growth– you’ll have budget to take courses (technical and non‑technical training), plus gain certifications.

Our tech stack:

• AWS, AZURE, GCP
• Jenkins, GIT, SVN, CVS, Cloud‑Formation, Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Code Pipeline, Azure Stack
• Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift

What you can expect:

• Work to agile best practices and cross‑functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders.
• You’ll be using your technical skills to problem solve with our clients, as well as working on internal projects.
• Live in‑person whiteboard sessions to problem solve as a team, alongside asynchronous communication on Teams.
• Hybrid working with the team on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week.
• An environment that deeply cares about its values.

We are currently looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our collaborative team, driving business transformations through strategic insights and agile engineering at an internet scale. Thrive in a trust‑based, inclusive environment that values excellence and curiosity.

Specialize in AWS and Azure to automate processes for efficient service delivery. Focus on 'Dev' in DevOps, implementing the right tools for optimal service delivery. Support client enablement and coaching. Implement CI/CD pipelines for AWS and Azure, enhancing monitoring for production services.

Essential requirements:

• You thrive in problem‑solving and analytical thinking.
• You enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a fast‑paced environment.
• Knowledge and experience in AWS, Azure and GCP.
• Building and implementing CI/CD Pipelines, experience working with repos, build automation tools, build orchestration and environment automation.
• Implementing microservices and containers.
• Implementing tools for logging, monitoring and alerting.
• Implementing other cloud infrastructure and networking required to host a digital service.
• High availability, business continuity and disaster recovery solutions in the cloud.
• Deploying serverless functions.
• Working knowledge of OS including CLI experience, deploying and configuring application or web servers in virtual machines.

Please be aware that some of our UK roles at PA Consulting require a UK security clearance. All PA people are required to undergo background checks and to achieve the Baseline Personnel Security Standard however, some UK roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting, where applicants must have at least 5 years of continuous residency in the UK.

Additional Information:

• Quick call with one of our Tech Recruiters – to discuss your application, the role and PA.
• Round 1: Either a competency or technical interview (60 mins).
• Round 2: Either a competency or technical interview, whichever you didn’t do at first round (60 mins).
• Final round: Meeting with a PA leader - a mini case study and discussion around your client‑centricity (60 mins).

Life At PA encompasses our peoples’ experience at PA. It’s about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose led meaningful work.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well‑being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity‑based initiatives.
• Annual performance‑based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations – Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com.