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Lead DevOps Engineer
ASSA ABLOY Group · Solihull, ENG, United Kingdom
Solihull, ENG, United KingdomOnsite
Remuneration
Comprehensive benefits package, including life assurance, wellbeing support, and a salary sacrifice pension scheme; 24 days of leave, increasing with length of service.
Location
Solihull, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Lead DevOps Engineer sets technical direction and develops the DevOps function, building secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud platforms for development, testing, and production. The role defines standards across cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability, and platform security, while improving reliability, governance, monitoring, and cloud cost efficiency. It also mentors engineers and partners with software, product, and business teams to deliver platform improvements and resolve complex technical challenges.
Benefits
Learning and career development opportunitiesLife assuranceWellbeing supportSalary sacrifice pension scheme24 days of leave, increasing with length of service
Qualifications
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, containerized platforms, and modern DevOps toolchains.
- Strong background in DevOps, cloud operations, and cloud security, including secure-by-design practices and operational maturity.
- Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting experience in complex production environments.
- Experience leading, mentoring, and developing engineers.
- Experience delivering technical projects and platform improvements with cross-functional engineering and product teams.
- Experience evaluating, developing, or deploying AI-powered tools to improve engineering productivity, operational efficiency, or platform capabilities.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools, Large Language Models, and modern AI frameworks relevant to DevOps and platform engineering.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction of the DevOps function and define standards and architecture for cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, observability, and platform security.
- Design, deliver, and improve secure, scalable, cost-effective cloud platforms for development, testing, and production environments.
- Improve reliability, performance, security, governance, monitoring, and cloud cost efficiency.
- Mentor and develop DevOps engineers, promote engineering best practices, and contribute to recruitment and onboarding.
- Collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and business stakeholders on technical solutions and platform improvements.
- Act as an escalation point for complex technical challenges.
Skills
Linux
Industry
Access solutions
Relocation
No