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Senior DevOps Engineer

Focal Point Positioning · Cambridge, ENG, United Kingdom
Cambridge, ENG, United KingdomFull time70,000-80,000 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
70,000-80,000 GBP/yearly
Location
Cambridge, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified

Job summary

Seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Internal Infrastructure & Tooling team. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining platforms and tooling that support engineering productivity, with a focus on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and Linux-based systems. The successful candidate will also contribute to incident response, mentor other engineers, and embed security best practices.

Benefits

8% employer-contribution pension scheme25 days annual leave plus bank holidaysAdditional annual leave after 3 yearsEnhanced special leaveExtra annual leave at the end of DecemberCompany Options SchemeUp to £5000 Recommend a friend schemeCycle to work schemePrivate Healthcare - Vitality Health (after successful completion of probation)In-hub (office) lunchesPaid professional membershipsFree parking onsite

Qualifications

  • Strong knowledge of Linux administration, networking, and troubleshooting in production environments.
  • Several years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering role.
  • Solid understanding of infrastructure-as-code principles and modern deployment practices.
  • Experience writing and managing Terraform modules and state at scale.
  • Comfortable scripting and building tooling in Python.
  • Experience designing and maintaining pipelines in GitLab CI/CD.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure security practices such as secrets management and vulnerability scanning.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker).
  • Familiarity with observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS and on-premises hardware, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
  • Own and evolve CI/CD pipelines, enabling engineering teams to develop products with confidence.
  • Manage and harden Linux-based systems across the internal estate.
  • Develop internal tooling and automation to improve developer experience and operational efficiency.
  • Collaborate with security stakeholders to embed best practices into infrastructure and deployment workflows.
  • Contribute to incident response and post-incident reviews.
  • Mentor other engineers and lead by example for infrastructure standards across the organization.

Skills

AWSDockerGitLabGitLab CIGrafanaLinuxPrometheusPythonTerraform

Work schedule

40 hours per week

Relocation

No