Senior DevOps Engineer

You will work closely with our Software Engineers, as well as client tech teams, developing the full lifecycle of environments and CI/CD pipelines across multiple clouds (Azure, AWS and occasionally GCP) and our on-premise data centre. You will be instrumental in improving reliability and observability for the ADSP delivery team and our clients., * Design, build and maintain infrastructure on Azure and AWS (and occasionally GCP) using infrastructure-as-code.

• Standardise and optimise Docker images for our Python and TypeScript services.
• Manage container runtimes and orchestration platforms (e.g. Docker Compose, Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, etc.).
• Implement image scanning, registry management and deployment strategies (blue/green, canary, rolling).
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to build, test and deploy applications across environments.
• Integrate automated testing, security checks and quality gates into the pipelines.
• Automate repetitive operational tasks using scripts and tooling (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Collaborate with developers to define branching strategies, release processes and rollback procedures.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging and alerting for applications and infrastructure.
• Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis and post-incident reviews.
• Work with security and engineering teams to implement best practices for secrets management, access control and hardening of Linux, cloud resources and container images.
• Contribute to backup, disaster recovery and business continuity planning.
• Improve the local and remote development experience inside Linux VMs (tooling, environment consistency, documentation).
• Provide guidance and support to engineering teams on the use of Docker, cloud services and deployment tools effectively.
• Champion DevOps culture, promoting automation, observability and continuous improvement.
• Communicate with clients through written reports, calls and presentations to explain your work and recommendations.
• Work closely with client tech teams to understand their requirements, integrate with their existing tooling and processes, and design appropriate DevOps solutions.
• Support the handover of infrastructure, pipelines and operational runbooks to client teams, ensuring they can operate and evolve the solution.
• Represent the DevOps perspective in client workshops, discovery sessions and architecture/design reviews., * Do you hold sole British Citizenship? This role will require working on defence projects that are ‘UK Eyes Only’.

• Strong hands-on experience with Linux (preferably in a server or VM context).
• Strong practical experience with Docker (creating, optimising and running containers in production).
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure or AWS) in a production environment; familiarity with the other and/or GCP is a plus.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, etc.).
• Proficiency with at least one scripting or programming language (e.g. Python, Bash).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (e.g. Terraform, ARM/Bicep, CloudFormation, Pulumi).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, routing, load balancing, VPNs, firewalls).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Datadog, etc.).
• Good understanding of security best practices in cloud and Linux environments (IAM, least privilege, secrets management, patching).
• Experience presenting technical concepts to stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, * Do you meet the requirements for SC clearance? You must have lived in the UK for at least the last 5 years AND spent no more than 30 consecutive days outside the UK in the past 5 years.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £64,000.00-£90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

At ADSP, we believe in rewarding talent and supporting your growth. Here’s what you can look forward to as part of our team:

• Competitive compensation package including annual performance bonus
• 26 days of annual leave, 8 bank holidays plus your birthday off
• BUPA Private Healthcare
• Enhanced family leave
• £1,000 annual development budget
• Flexible hybrid working (1 day a week in our modern Shoreditch office)
• Remote working from anywhere in the world for up to 4 weeks each year
• Latest tech that suits your needs: high-spec Windows machine or a MacBook
• Free snacks and drinks, and regular team socials
• Supportive entrepreneurial environment offering a ton of autonomy and opportunity to work on a variety of projects, technologies and industries