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Senior DevOps (Platform Engineer)

HM *** · Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom
Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom58,541-64,624 GBP/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
58,541-64,624 GBP/yearly
Location
Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa

Job summary

The Senior DevOps (Platform Engineer) role is essential for delivering secure, resilient, and scalable cloud platform services within the Enterprise Cloud Services team. Responsibilities include building and automating cloud services using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), designing CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, and applying cloud security best practices while mentoring junior engineers. This position requires a strong focus on collaboration and iterative improvements in a product-centric environment.

Benefits

Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension schemeFlexible and Hybrid Working policiesGenerous leave allowance starting at 25 daysFamily friendly policiesPersonal supportCoaching and development

Qualifications

  • Experience in building enterprise-scale cloud platforms
  • Strong critical thinking skills
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity confidently

Responsibilities

  • Build, automate and operate cloud platform services using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Design, standardise and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines
  • Apply cloud security best practices and support audits
  • Optimise platform performance and operational efficiency
  • Provide technical guidance and troubleshoot engineering issues
  • Mentor engineering teams

Skills

TerraformGitLabAKSAnsibleArtifactoryAWSAzureBashConfluenceECSEKSGitLab CIGoJiraKubernetesPythonVault

Certifications

Cloud related certifications

Travel

Travel to Telford is required as part of this role

Security clearance

Security Check (SC) clearance

Relocation

No