Senior DevOps Engineer

Insight
Manchester, UK
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Compensation
£62,686.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Audit Trail Continuous Integration DevOps Github Identity and Access Management OpenShift Site Reliability Engineering Practices SSL Certificate Management Scripting Google Cloud Istio Grafana
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Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Git Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Hashicorp Terraform Software Version Control Dynatrace Jenkins

Job description

Develop reusable platform services and internal developer self-service capabilities using Backstage and Internal Developer Platform patterns.

  • Create secure, repeatable cloud environments and reusable modules leveraging Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
  • Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines utilizing Harness and Jenkins; manage source control and collaboration via GitHub/Git.
  • Implement end-to-end observability with Dynatrace, including the setup of metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerting, and service health monitoring.
  • Define and track SLI/SLOs; automate operational runbooks, incident remediation, and repeatable support tasks to minimize manual effort.
  • Engineer secure service-to-service connectivity using Istio Service Mesh; manage traffic, ingress/egress, and enforce policies.
  • Manage secrets, certificates, and workload identities securely using HashiCorp Vault and automated certificate lifecycle management.
  • Embed platform controls and security, including least-privilege access, secure configurations, resilience, and auditability in engineering processes.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, architecture, security, and operations); coach team members and promote best platform practices and standards.

Requirements

Hands-on Kubernetes engineering experience; GKE preferred, OpenShift required.

  • Strong background in Google Cloud Platform, Terraform, and reusable infrastructure automation.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline tools (Harness, Jenkins) and modern delivery engineering.
  • Familiarity with Backstage and developer self-service/golden path concepts.
  • Expertise in observability tools (Dynatrace), monitoring, alerting, and SRE practices.
  • Solid understanding of security (HashiCorp Vault, IAM, certificate management, platform controls).
  • Networking experience, especially with Istio Service Mesh and service/traffic management.
  • Proficiency in GitHub/Git, scripting, automation, troubleshooting, and production support.

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