Senior DevOps Engineer - Hybrid in Brighton

At the heart of Paxton, we are innovators, looking for ways to harness new technology to provide better solutions for our customers. We pride ourselves on creating a vibrant environment, with a focus on excellent company culture. Our teams make Paxton a great place to work with brilliant benefits that come with any role at Paxton, emphasising career progression, training and development, and recognition of achievement for every employee.

Benefits:

• Great social calendar with wine tasting, cooking classes, onsite yoga, staff parties and more.
• Hybrid working, work from home on Tuesday and Thursdays alongside our flexible working hours scheme.
• Modern offices, collaboration spaces, onsite gym, and a gourmet café with subsidised food.
• Tech, bike, and travel or season ticket loans.
• Private medical insurance (Opt in) and healthcare cash-back plan with Health Shield.
• Discounted fitness memberships up to 75% off in your area with GymFlex.
• 25-days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can buy & sell up to 5 days a year.
• Recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work for in the UK, by Best Companies™.

About the role:

Join our DevOps team in Brighton where you’ll build and manage GitHub pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and cloud-native Azure solutions. You’ll work closely with teams across the business to drive DevOps best practices, optimise deployments, and ensure systems run smoothly.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of GitHub build, release, and deployment pipelines, ensuring our software moves smoothly from development to production.
• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure-as-code solutions using Bicep, turning complex cloud setups into streamlined, repeatable processes.
• Support and drive cloud-native Azure adoption by designing, deploying, and optimising both new and existing products, helping teams make the most of the cloud.
• Lead the development and promotion of DevOps best practices across the business, collaborating closely with teams to ensure consistent and efficient workflows.
• Identify, document, and implement improvements to existing DevOps pipelines and processes, making our systems faster, smarter, and more reliable.
• Mentor and guide other engineers, sharing knowledge and providing support to help them grow in their careers.
• Monitor service health with detailed metrics, log analytics, and intelligent alerting strategies, keeping systems robust and reliable.
• Manage and report on the status of business-critical systems and project progress, providing clear insights to stakeholders.
• Implement zero trust security solutions using AAD and B2C, helping safeguard our systems and data.

What Are We Looking For?

• Previous experience in a DevOps based role, managing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure-as-code and cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of .NET, PowerShell and container architectures (Docker/Kubernetes) and Linux systems.
• Understanding of Azure cloud services and application solutions.

The right attitude is more important to us than your skills or experience. If you’re excited about a role but your existing experience doesn’t match up with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. We want to collaborate with you and hear your ideas; most of all, we want people to enjoy the journey with us.