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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal DevOps Engineer (AWS, Kubernetes, SaaS) - **Company:** Gearset Limited - **Location:** Belfast, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £78,300.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** .NET Framework, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, C Sharp (Programming Language), Software as a Service, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, PostgreSQL, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Kubernetes, Terraform - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5896926829 ## About the Role * Have in-depth practical experience working on AWS (VPC networking and security, IAM, EC2, Postgres RDS, S3, EKS) * Have experience running production-level services in Kubernetes and managing and maintaining clusters * Practical experience automating the management of infrastructure with Terraform * Experience in the configuration and running of a CI/CD pipeline * Previous experience supporting the operation of a hosted, multi-tenant SaaS product at scale * Comfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback to make your work even better * Approach your work with pragmatism, prioritising iteration, and delivering value over process and deliberation Great to haves * Experience with .NET/C# * Experience working in an agile development team with a focus on delivering value early * Experience with building observability and alerting into systems ## Description As a product-driven company founded by engineers, we know the value of a great engineering culture, and we're looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to join a team built from the ground up on trust, teamwork and tight feedback loops. You'll work collaboratively using a modern tech stack (Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, .NET) to help Gearset run a scalable, secure and reliable service, and enable development of the solution to scale with the rapid growth of the company., We live by our core values, which aren't just nice words - they guide us through day-to-day challenges and are the foundation of how we work together. Our pragmatic approach has allowed us to maintain the ability to release updates to our application multiple times a day, even as we add new features to the product and expand our global footprint. What's the opportunity for a Principal DevOps Engineer at Gearset? * Be an integral part of building and supporting our multi-tenant infrastructure, running in multiple regions across the globe, all powered by AWS and Kubernetes. * Enjoy high autonomy and real ownership to help shape and drive our technical roadmap based on where you see the greatest value and engineering impact. * Work on critical production infrastructure used by thousands of teams and help us to maintain our excellent reputation for delivering a service with minimal downtime, even when we're making complex changes behind the scenes. * Get involved in building and maintaining the automation that allows our engineering team to safely release updates to our product multiple times per day. * Continuously improve the security of our infrastructure and our ability to detect and respond to issues. * Collaborate with and support teams across the organisation, including developers, designers, data engineers, marketers and salespeople, to make a real difference to our customers. What you'll achieve * Operate and evolve our infrastructure to help scale for an ever-growing user base, and support a team developing our increasingly sophisticated SaaS * Work closely with developers to ensure our application and infrastructure work in harmony, using your expertise and rigour to make sure changes are rolled out safely and smoothly * Lead initiatives to fortify our security measures and keep our customers' data secure * Work with teams across Gearset to deliver infrastructure that supports their impactful work * Contribute your experience and insight to a collaborative, self-directed team with autonomy over its roadmap and practices ## Related Videos - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) - [Shifting Stress to Progress— Understanding DevOps to do DevOps Better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/268-shifting-stress-to-progress-understanding-devops-to-do-devops-better) - [WeAreDevelopers LIVE - CSS is DOOMed](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1838-wearedevelopers-live-css-is-doomed) - [Infrastructure as Code: The Developer's Secret Weapon](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1221-infrastructure-as-code-the-developer-s-secret-weapon) - [Implementing Feature Environments with AWS and Terraform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/531-implementing-feature-environments-with-aws-and-terraform) - [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) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023)