At a Glance
- Tasks: Keep critical systems running smoothly and improve their performance in a collaborative DevOps team.
- Company: Join a forward-thinking company that values reliability, security, and service quality.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, car allowance, private medical, and generous annual leave.
- Other info: Flexible working arrangements available to support your work/life balance.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring system stability and resilience in high-impact environments.
- Qualifications: Experience with virtualised environments, scripting, and Linux operating systems is essential.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
Are you someone who enjoys keeping critical systems running smoothly while continuously improving how they work? Do you like balancing hands‑on technical problem solving with structured ways of working in secure, high‑impact environments? You’ll be joining a collaborative DevOps team supporting systems that really matter, where reliability, security and service quality are at the heart of everything we do. In this role, you’ll work across both business‑as‑usual support and project activity, helping to ensure platforms remain stable, resilient and fit for purpose. You’ll be trusted to take ownership of incidents, proactively monitor system health and act as a key point of contact for Elastic‑related services. You’ll be supported by experienced colleagues, encouraged to share knowledge, and given the space to develop your skills while working within well‑established ITIL‑based service management processes. This is an office‑based role and can be based in London, Gloucestershire, Manchester or North Yorkshire.
What you’ll be doing:
- Investigating, triaging and resolving incidents and stories efficiently and promptly.
- Proactively monitoring and maintaining system health to ensure high service availability.
- Acting as a focal point for Elastic‑related problems, issues, changes and queries.
- Working across a mixture of business‑as‑usual and project‑based activities.
- Following ITIL‑based service management processes in a disciplined and structured way.
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with customers and third‑party suppliers.
What you’ll bring:
- Experience working with virtualised environments, including containerisation and Kubernetes.
- Practical knowledge of infrastructure as code approaches.
- Experience using scripting and automation to support system reliability and efficiency.
- Working knowledge of computer networking concepts, including routing, firewalls and proxies.
- Experience administering and supporting Linux operating systems.
- Knowledge of digital certificates, authentication methods and certificate authority services.
It would be great if you had:
- Experience with Kibana, Elasticsearch and Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
- Knowledge of Elastic products, including ECE.
- Experience with Ansible and Bash scripting.
- Experience using Terraform.
- Knowledge of PKI.
- Awareness of Apache NiFi.
Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent.
Location: Office based – London, Gloucestershire, Manchester or North Yorkshire.
Security Clearance Level: DV.
Salary: Competitive based on experience.
Benefits: £5,400 car allowance, 25 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days, private medical, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund. We support flexible working arrangements to promote a healthy work/life balance. If you need to work flexibly, please let us know.
Senior Devops Engineer employer: Steria Recruitment
Join a forward-thinking company that prioritises reliability, security, and service quality in a collaborative DevOps environment. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills alongside experienced colleagues while enjoying a competitive benefits package, including a generous car allowance and flexible working arrangements to support your work/life balance. Our office locations in London, Gloucestershire, Manchester, and North Yorkshire offer a vibrant atmosphere where your contributions truly matter.
