Lead DevOps Engineer

Sparta Global Limited
Sheffield, United Kingdom
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Bash
Cloud Engineering
DevOps
Python
Powershell
Ansible
Software Engineering
Datadog
Data Logging
Google Cloud Platform
Reliability of Systems
Containerization
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Deployment Automation
Terraform
Docker

Job description

Sparta Global are hiring 2 DevOps Leads / Lead DevOps Engineers to lead, mentor and coach a DevOps capability within a banking environment.

This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people development, making it ideal for someone who enjoys mentoring and coaching junior engineers while remaining deeply involved in engineering delivery., * Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of scalable DevOps and cloud infrastructure solutions

  • Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release processes
  • Drive Infrastructure as Code adoption and DevOps best practice across engineering teams
  • Mentor, coach, and support junior and inexperienced DevOps engineers through hands-on guidance and technical leadership
  • Support the development of engineering standards, operational processes, and platform governance
  • Collaborate closely with software engineering, QA, security, and platform teams
  • Monitor system reliability, availability, and performance across environments
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and deployment issues
  • Champion DevOps culture, continuous improvement, and automation-first thinking
  • Contribute to technical roadmaps and long-term platform strategy

Requirements

  • Strong commercial experience in a senior or lead DevOps engineering role
  • Proven experience mentoring or leading junior DevOps engineers or wider engineering teams
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
  • Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible
  • Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Strong scripting and automation skills using tools such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell
  • Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability tooling
  • Strong understanding of DevOps principles, security, networking, and system reliability
  • Comfortable working within Agile delivery environments

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