Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Leeds / Hybrid, c. once per month
Salary: Circa £85,000 + bonus + benefits
Why Apply?
Fruition are partnering with a truly Global business who are expanding on their services and operations and looking to expand their DevOps team and bring in a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer in Leeds to build and grow out a small team. This permanent opportunity sits within a high-performing technology function, driving excellence across DevOps. You'll influence technical direction, modernise infrastructure, and mentor engineering talent in a fast-paced, agile environment.
Lead DevOps Engineer Responsibilities
Lead the design of scalable CI/CD pipelines
Drive platform modernisation
Manage a small team of engineers
Align DevOps capabilities with the wider business
Champion DevEx, reliability, and security
Embed operational excellence and incident response
Promote observability and performance optimisation
Lead DevOps Engineer Requirements
Proven line management experience
Cloud-native expertise (any cloud provider is fine: GCP, AWS or Azure)
Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible
Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, SRE and IaC principles
Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana etc
Any scripting experience will be a bonus
What's in it for me?
Competitive salary circa £85k + bonus
Hybrid working (1 day onsite per month)
Discretionary bonus scheme
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Healthcare and wellbeing support
Career growth in a global tech environment
Opportunities to shape modern platform strategy
Exposure to cutting-edge tools and practices
A collaborative, agile and learning-focused culture
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
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