This Grade 7 DevOps Engineer post at Kent Fire and Rescue Service is an 18-month fixed-term role in its IT delivery operations. The work centres on automating manual and error-prone IT processes and building pipelines, tooling and engineering practices that make delivery more reliable. The post suits someone who can work pragmatically across a mixed technology estate and win colleagues over through technical credibility rather than mandate. Proven hands-on automation experience in a controlled production setting decides fit.
What the job involves
- Identify, prioritise and deliver automation of manual, repetitive or error-prone IT processes, targeting measurable cuts in operational effort
- Design, implement and maintain automation, scripting, pipelines, tooling and engineering practices
- Decide which improvements can be standardised and which justify a different approach
- Support adoption of modern DevOps practices such as source control, automated testing, deployment automation, configuration management, monitoring and repeatable releases
- Ensure automation and engineering changes meet security, architecture, change, service management and operational controls
- Produce documentation and operational ownership for automation and tooling, covering monitoring, failure handling, support and knowledge transfer
- Influence colleagues through technical credibility, collaboration and coaching
Qualifications
- Relevant technical or professional qualification in IT, software engineering, infrastructure or a related discipline, or demonstrable equivalent experience
Experience
- Demonstrable experience using automation or scripting to improve technology operations or software delivery
- Identifying manual or repetitive work and replacing or simplifying it through technology or process improvement
- Implementing technical changes in a controlled production environment
- Supporting or maintaining automation after implementation, including handling failures and operational exceptions
Checks & eligibility
- Pre-employment references and a standard or enhanced DBS check
Other
- Understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion and how it fits with everyday work
Nice to have
- DevOps, cloud, automation or engineering certification
- IT service management or change-management qualification, or equivalent knowledge
- Experience delivering automation across endpoint, infrastructure or cloud-management platforms
- Experience with Intune, MECM, Azure, Microsoft 365 or similar enterprise platforms
What’s offered
- Automatic membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with a 16.5% employer contribution
- 32 days annual leave in addition to bank and public holidays
- Annual increase of one scale point within grade up to the top of the grade
- Blue Light Card and CSSC Card discount schemes
- Employee Assistance Programme and access to health and wellbeing services
- Family friendly policies promoting work-life balance
- Free to join internal clubs and colleague forums
- Gym access and free parking
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
