At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain Jenkins pipelines, optimise performance, and mentor engineers on secure practices.
- Company: Dynamic tech company focused on innovative DevOps solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity to work on multi-language builds and enhance supply chain integrity.
- Why this job: Join a cutting-edge team and make a real impact in the DevOps space.
- Qualifications: 7+ years engineering experience with strong Jenkins and Python skills.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Duration
contract to run until 30/11/2026
Location
Hybrid. Sheffield, 3 days onsite with additional need to travel to other offices within the UK
Rate
up to £538.20 p/d Umbrellainside IR35
Own and evolve our Jenkins Shared Library powering multi-language builds (Java/Maven, Node/NPM, Python, Helm, Terraform, containers).
Deliver fast, secure, provenance-rich pipelines (SLSA, SBOM, digests) and strengthen supplychain integrity across teams.
- Core Responsibilities
- Design and maintain Groovy pipeline steps (build, test, package, scan, deploy).
- Extend Python tooling for SLSA provenance, SBOM generation, hash/digest accuracy, and security scan aggregation (Sonar Qube, Sonatype IQ, SAST/Container).
- Optimize performance (parallel builds, caching, scope-reduced BOMs, dependency prefetch).
- Ensure artifact integrity (correct SHA1/SHA256 mapping, reproducible inputs, evidence modeling).
- Refactor legacy scripts (remove global state, consolidate hashing, standardize templates).
- Document ci-config. yaml standards and usage patterns.
- Mentor engineers on secure pipeline development and supply-chain practices. Troubleshoot and prevent pipeline incidents.
- 7+ years engineering; 3+ in CI/CD platform or Dev Sec Ops.
- Strong Jenkins + Groovy shared library expertise.
- Advanced Python automation (JSON/YAML processing, tooling scripts).
- Deep Maven/NPM/Python packaging knowledge; exposure to Helm/Terraform and container image metadata.
- Experience with Sonar Qube, Sonatype IQ, container and SAST scanning.
- Proven performance tuning (caching, parallelization, dependency pruning). Compliance Awareness.
- Nice-to-Have
- Terraform module and Helm chart publishing patterns.
- Git Ops or release automation experience.
- Soft Skills
- Ownership mindset, able to operate with minimal supervision.
- Current state assessment: audit shared library structure with view to understand all building blocks and modules support requests: work on user's reported issues to get to know critical parts of the pipeline and various configuration options.
Identify bugs, classify them and develop hot fixes. feature requests: deliver 2 x small features/improvements to pipeline code.
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience.
Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance.
We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
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Experis is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment in London or Manchester where collaboration and innovation thrive. With a strong focus on employee growth, we provide comprehensive benefits including a contributory pension programme, medical and dental cover, and generous holiday allowances, ensuring our team members feel valued and supported in their professional journey.
