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Lead DevOps Engineers

Lorien
Posted 4 days ago, valid for 19 days
Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire LS14 1DZ

Salary

£28,000 - £33,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Lead DevOps Engineers with a Software Development background are needed for a startup engineering capability in Leeds, focusing on Cloud Automation solutions for Public Sector organisations.
  • Candidates must be capable of obtaining UK National Security Vetting, which typically requires residing in the UK for at least the past 5 years and being a UK national or dual UK national.
  • Applicants should have hands-on coding/scripting experience, team leadership skills, and a strong background in leading DevOps teams across major public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Key qualifications include experience with containerization technologies, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, and CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions.
  • The role offers significant growth opportunities within a startup environment, although specific salary details are not provided.

Lead DevOps Engineers with a background in Software Development are required by this major client, who is creating a new start up engineering capability in their Leeds offices, where you will lead some of their teams who provide Cloud Automation solutions on all three major Public Clouds to a wide range of major Public Sector organisations.

As a result of the work that they do, this client requires applicants to hold or be capable of obtaining UK National Security Vetting, the requirements for which could include but not be limited to having resided in the UK for at least the past 5 years and being a UK national or dual UK national. Please note your application will not be taken forward if you cannot fulfil these requirements.

In order to secure one of these Lead DevOps Engineer roles you must come from a Software Development background and still be technically hands on with coding / scripting. You will also have good experience in client / stakeholder management, team leadership and organisational skills as well as being able to demonstrate the following experience:

  • Experience in leading teams in the design and build of infrastructure using a DevOps mindset in any of the main public cloud providers including AWS/Azure/GCP
  • Experience with distributed systems and ability to build secure cloud at scale
  • Experience using containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes etc)
  • Ability to manage key stakeholders, including clients on engagements with effective communication skills
  • Experience with IaC such as Terraform
  • Experience with CI/CD tooling (Github Actions, CircleCI etc)
  • Experience building infrastructure testing within the pipeline for automated deployments

This is an opportunity for significant growth, but with a start-up feel and mentality. In this role you will have the chance to build and be part of a new concept. This client is creating an onshore engineering team to gain access to a new segment of the technology market where there is opportunity for significant growth. They are looking for people to help establish the culture and ways of working of the team so we are well placed to make the most of this opportunity. We need help in curating and evolving this culture over time as it's the most important element to the business.

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Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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