Senior DevOps Engineer

• Automating product delivery end to end across deployment and production environments
• Designing, building and optimising CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, with Groovy scripting and Git workflows
• Deploying and maintaining high-availability workloads in Kubernetes and Docker
• Provisioning and managing infrastructure with Terraform or similar tooling
• Working across Azure production environments and on-premise development environments
• Monitoring and improving platform health with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus or Datadog
• Coaching and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers

A Senior DevOps Engineer who wants to make a genuine mark. Much of how the product is delivered to customers today is manual, and this hire will own automating it end to end from the deployment and production side. You will report directly into the Principal Engineer and Tech Lead, with real scope to shape how DevOps is done across the business, mature the automation process and bring your own opinions and ideas to the table. You will also coach and mentor more junior engineers and take the lead when needed., * Hands-on experience in a DevOps, SRE or Platform Engineering role

• In-depth Kubernetes experience
• Cloud experience with Azure, AWS or GCP
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash or Groovy
• Experience building and optimising CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as code experience with Terraform or similar
• A self-starter mindset with the confidence to provide feedback and hold an opinion

Desirable: knowledge of security best practices and vulnerability scanning, experience with data platforms such as Postgres and MongoDB in Kubernetes or cloud environments, and cloud or DevOps certifications.

The Belfast engineering function is 35 to 40 strong and growing, with multiple hires made over the last year and a clearly defined product roadmap ahead. This role sits in a small, high-impact DevOps team and has been created purely through growth., * Negotiable salary depending on experience

• Hybrid working, 2 days per week in a Belfast city centre office
• Flexible working hours and policy
• Pension scheme
• Health insurance and wellness programmes
• Generous holiday and paid time off
• Volunteer policy

MCS Group is delighted to be partnering with a US-headquartered software company with a well-established and growing Belfast engineering hub. Their flagship data intelligence platform helps some of the world’s biggest organisations understand, classify and secure their data, reducing financial and regulatory risk in an environment of constantly changing laws and business drivers., MCS Group is a leading professional recruitment services company resourcing for the specialist IT & Digital, Technical & Engineering and Professional Services recruitment markets in Northern Ireland. MCS Group is widely recognised as a genuine market leader in IT & Digital recruitment in Northern Ireland, with an increasing profile in the Technical & Engineering and Professional Services markets.

At MCS we connect people!! We work with the majority of NI’ leadings employers in the sector, from large foreign direct investment (FDI) organisations to successful, locally owned technology firms, connecting talented professional with the best career opportunities.

Our Team

At MCS Group our track record is impressive and through our highly experienced team we offer employers almost 100 years successful delivery experience in specialist disciplines.

Our consultants know the market and speak your language. They will help you cut through the flannel and will work hard to help you achieve your goals, either as candidate seeking a career improvement or an employer seeking talented people.

Ethics & Values

Honesty, trust and confidentiality are the pillars which underpin everything we do. We are known for treating people with respect and will deal with you in a straightforward manner. We are focused on long term wins for our candidates and clients.