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# Lead DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** eTaj Engineering Solutions
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Cisco Nexus Switches, Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Vault (Revision Control System), Grafana, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Gitlab, Kubernetes, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker, Jenkins, Artifactory
- **Published:** June 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=55ca8ac991d15c54

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Terraform?, You'll enjoy working on complex and varied projects, and you'll have a proactive, can-do attitude with a passion for continuous learning.

Essential experience:

 * Building and deploying secure products using modern technology and patterns.
 * Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure concepts and services.
 * Designing and running reliable, scalable shared solutions.
 * Working across the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
 * Delivering in agile environments using Scrum or Kanban.
 * Engaging with senior stakeholders.

Desirable (not essential):

Experience or certifications in:

GitLab, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Packer, Vault, Serverless, Elastic Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, Artifactory, Nexus., * Design and manage automated CI/CD pipelines.

 * Build and operate shared platform services for deployment, operation, and monitoring.
 * Create infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.

## Description

* Can you think strategically and 'join the dots' across multiple activities to build the bigger picture?
 * Do you thrive in fast-paced environments, spotting opportunities for improvement and innovation?
 * Are you eager to learn new tools, master emerging software, and make a real impact on how our client operates?

If so, we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for DevOps Engineers at all experience levels to join our client's growing team. You'll work in small, agile delivery teams on exciting, challenging projects that solve real-world problems with a direct impact., * As a DevOps Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing, building, and supporting secure, efficient, and scalable systems. You will work closely with multi-skilled feature teams to:

 * Develop, test, deploy, release, operate, and monitor software products.
 * Design and manage automated CI/CD pipelines.
 * Build and operate shared platform services for deployment, operation, and monitoring.
 * Create infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
 * Deploy and operate products in AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments.
 * Support teams in adopting and optimising shared platform services.


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