At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the modernisation and scalability of our cloud infrastructure while mentoring junior engineers.
- Company: Join Versant, a dynamic media and entertainment company with iconic brands.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Exciting projects in a collaborative environment with excellent career advancement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by solving complex problems in a hands-on leadership role.
- Qualifications: 5+ years in DevOps with strong AWS and infrastructure-as-code experience.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
GolfNow is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to lead the modernisation, scalability, and reliability of our infrastructure across development and production environments. In this role, you’ll report to the Director of DevOps – International and work closely with software engineers, product managers, and support teams to evolve our cloud-first DevOps practice.
You will lead critical projects involving migration of legacy systems to AWS, design and optimise deployment pipelines, improve observability and incident response, and drive process alignment across teams and platforms. This is a hands‑on leadership role ideal for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, influencing architecture, and mentoring others while building robust and maintainable systems at scale.
As a Senior DevOps Engineer on our team, you will:
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to design and implement robust, scalable, and secure infrastructure in AWS
- Lead or contribute to migration projects, helping move legacy, customer hosted systems into cloud‑native architectures
- Develop and maintain infrastructure‑as‑code using Terraform
- Guide improvements to system architecture, focusing on reliability, observability, and cost‑efficiency
- Contribute to modernising our CI/CD practices, enabling safe, rapid delivery of services across environments
- Improve operational visibility through monitoring, logging, and tracing, and support incident response efforts
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering standards, documentation, and design reviews
- Help align DevOps tooling and processes across Versant, promoting platform consistency and best practices
Qualifications
It is essential that candidates have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field – or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of hands‑on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles, with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure
- Deep understanding of Linux systems, networking, and distributed architectures
- Strong experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS/EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, CloudWatch)
- Proficiency in infrastructure‑as‑code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Experience designing and building resilient systems that can scale across multiple environments and tenants
- Experience running and operating containerised workloads in production (e.g., Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and experience integrating automation into team workflows
- Strong scripting or programming skills (e.g., Bash, Python, Go)
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills with the ability to work across teams and disciplines
Additional skills and experience that would give you the edge over the competition:
- Experience managing Java application environments, including JVM tuning and build systems
- Experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation
- Knowledge of Cloudflare and its role in DNS, security, and CDN layers
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL or MySQL in production environments
- Experience leading or participating in cloud migration efforts
- Exposure to multi‑tenant SaaS architectures
- Familiarity with observability platforms (e.g., Datadog, Splunk, ELK)
- Knowledge of modern networking practices in AWS
- Interest in the golf industry or experience working on platforms related to booking, memberships, or golf course operations
Senior DevOps Engineer employer: VERSANT
Versant Media is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration within the media and entertainment industry. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will benefit from a culture that prioritises employee growth through mentorship opportunities and hands-on leadership roles, all while working in a vibrant location that champions creativity and cutting-edge technology. With a commitment to modernising infrastructure and a focus on cloud-first practices, Versant provides a unique platform for professionals to thrive and make a meaningful impact.
