Senior DevOps Engineer - £95,000 (London Area)

Senior DevOps Engineer – £95,000

Location: 3 days week onsite in either the London or Newcaslte office.

NOTE: Must be German speaking

My client is a software provider in the business management space, offering solutions for a range of business functions that help small and medium-sized businesses streamline operations and stay compliant.

My client is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer – the successful candidate will work closely with both development and operations teams, playing a key role in deploying, monitoring, and continuously improving infrastructure through automation and modern cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take full ownership of assigned services, ensuring ongoing availability, performance, and security
• Design and implement scalable and secure cloud solutions, with a strong focus on automation
• Promote and embed DevOps best practices, including CI/CD processes and principles
• Lead the resolution of service incidents, including root cause analysis and stakeholder communication
• Work collaboratively across teams to ensure systems meet security, performance, and operational standards
• Create and manage infrastructure as code and automated deployment pipelines
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota to support business-critical services
• Continuously identify and deliver improvements to operational processes and tooling

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Significant experience in a DevOps, SRE, Systems Administration or similar role (ideally 5+ years)
• Proven hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud (Kubernetes experience preferred)
• Strong scripting skills (e.g. PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux &/or MacOS.
• Experience with applications deployed in either AWS or Azure that are using distributed computing, containers, Kubernetes and/or serverless technologies. (Kubernetes experience preferred)
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and monitoring tools

Desirable:

• Associate or Professional-level cloud certifications
• Experience with serverless technologies and containerised workloads
• Exposure to software development, QA, or broader IT Operations functions

REQUIRES BRITISH CITIZENSHIP OR ILR

Interested in the role? Please apply directly to this advert, you can also schedule a call with me by emailing your CV to h.shemmings@jeffersonfrank.com, calling me on 0191 223 5303 or reach out on LinkedIn “Harry Shemmings”.