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# DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** WA Consultants
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Salary:** £130,000.0 - £136,500.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Configuration Access Protocols, User Authentication, Bash Shell, Ubuntu (Operating System), Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Groovy, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Prometheus, SQL Databases, Enterprise Software Applications, Gerrit, Grafana, Git, Build Management, Influxdb, Puppet, Software Version Control, Engineering Base, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/pt/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-1E4B22292AAF7A72D1/

## About the Role

* Strong Linux administration skills across Rocky Linux, RHEL, Ubuntu and Windows environments.
 * Good knowledge of Git, Gerrit, Jenkins, Docker, Puppet and application administration.
 * Experience with Grafana, Prometheus, Telegraf, InfluxDB, Jolokia and PostgreSQL.

Python, Bash/Shell, Groovy or SQL Scripting experience, with the ability to improve processes rather than simply follow existing procedures

## Description

Leading edge client requires long term contract DevOps Engineer within a DevOps Apps and Infrastructure team, supporting enterprise software engineering platforms used by development and engineering teams. The work focuses on keeping CI/CD, source control, artefact management, quality, monitoring and Linux infrastructure reliable, secure and well maintained., * Administer and maintain Jenkins controllers, build environments and automated CI/CD processes.

 * Manage Linux systems, application configuration, certificates, reverse proxies and restricted or air-gapped environments.
 * Plan, test and deliver platform upgrades, including backup, rollback and security update activity.
 * Support authentication, access control and enterprise security across engineering applications.
 * Maintain monitoring services, investigate stability and capacity trends, and improve alerting and dashboards.
 * Provide technical support, root-cause analysis, documentation and release notes for engineering users.


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