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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior DevOps Lead - **Company:** EcoOnline - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £68,454.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Scripting, Sysadmin, Large Language Models, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** July 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5814474804 ## About the Role This is a hands-on senior leadership role for someone who enjoys combining technical depth with team influence. You will help build future-proof DevOps solutions, improve deployment speed and reliability, and support the delivery of high-quality software that helps protect people and the planet., * 5+ years' experience in SysAdmin, DevOps, SRE or CloudOps roles, with strong hands-on experience building and supporting production cloud infrastructure. * Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform alongside Kubernetes, Docker and GitOps practices. * Confident working with CI/CD tooling, automation and scripting languages such as Python, Bash or PowerShell. * Experience across AWS, with a strong understanding of cloud security, reliability, observability and cost management best practice. * Previous mentoring or line management experience, with the ability to guide engineers, coordinate technical initiatives and provide constructive feedback. * A collaborative, agile mindset with excellent communication and documentation skills, comfortable partnering with technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Exposure to AI technologies, especially frontier LLM models or AI-enabled tooling, and an interest in applying innovation to improve DevOps ways of working. ## Description As our Senior DevOps Lead, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering secure, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure across EcoOnline. Sitting within our CloudOps team in R&D, you will work closely with software engineers, product managers and senior cloud leadership to accelerate product delivery through modern DevOps practices, automation, observability and continuous improvement., * Lead the design, deployment and continuous improvement of scalable, secure and reliable cloud infrastructure across AWS and modern cloud-native environments. * Own and deliver key CloudOps initiatives, ensuring best practice across security, reliability, cost management, automation and observability. * Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code solutions using tools such as Terraform and other scripting languages. * Partner with the VP Cloud Operations and development teams to help define and evolve EcoOnline's cloud strategy, ensuring design and delivery remain aligned. * Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure, platform and service issues across test and production environments, including participation in out-of-hours support where required. * Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, support code and infrastructure reviews, and help grow the capability of the CloudOps team. * Champion modern DevOps, GitOps, Kubernetes, automation and AI-enabled tooling to improve engineering efficiency and product quality. * Contribute to agile ceremonies including stand-ups, planning and retrospectives, helping the team deliver with urgency, quality and accountability. ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) - [The journey from developer to devops - what i've learnt along the way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/238-the-journey-from-developer-to-devops-what-i-ve-learnt-along-the-way) - [#90DaysOfDevOps - The DevOps Learning Journey](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/548-90daysofdevops-the-devops-learning-journey) ## Related Articles - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)