We’re Hiring: DevOps Engineer – Customer Platform Team
Are you a talented DevOps Engineer with knowledge of Microsoft Azure or CRM platforms such as Dynamics 365 or Firmstep?
Do you enjoy improving how teams build, deploy and run digital services? Do you like automating the boring stuff, improving reliability, and helping teams move faster and safer?
We’re looking for someone to help bridge the gap between development and operations by implementing automation, improving deployment pipelines, and ensuring systems are reliable, secure, scalable and fit for purpose.
If you're keen on building high impact solutions and enjoy working in a dynamic, customer-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you!
Description
1. You will play a significant role within the Customer Platform team, working closely with product owners, software developers, testers, and stakeholders in an agile working environment.
2. Your focus will be on helping the team deliver and support reliable and secure internal and customer facing digital platforms and services.
3. You will help meet the outcomes of the service delivery roadmap.
4. You will use your previous experience to help shape our technical roadmap and ways of working.
Delivery responsibilities
5. Automate software build, test, deployment, and infrastructure provisioning processes to improve efficiency and reliability
6. Build, maintain, and improve CI/CD pipelines to support continuous integration and continuous delivery
7. Manage and support cloud-based infrastructure, ensuring systems are scalable, secure, and well maintained
8. Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting to ensure system performance, stability, and availability
9. Apply security best practices to protect systems, services, and data
10. Collaborate closely with development, operations, and wider ICT teams to improve delivery and support outcomes
11. Contribute to technical standards, policies, and continuous improvement initiatives
Specific experience
12. A relevant degree, equivalent qualification, or significant experience (typically 3+ years) in a DevOps or ICT environment
13. Strong ability to analyse complex technical problems and design sustainable, long-term solutions
14. Experience of working independently, using initiative to make decisions and resolve issues
15. Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet unpredictable deadlines
16. Excellent IT and technical skills, with the confidence to advise and influence others
17. Experience contributing to technical processes, standards, or policies
Desirable
18. Agile Software Development, .Net Development, Azure Devops
19. Knowledge of IT service management frameworks (e.g. ITIL Foundation)
20. Experience supporting or guiding other team members and contributing to continuous improvement activities
For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Click here to view the benefits at Warwickshire County Council.
Additional Information
The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.
We recommend submitting your application as soon as possible. We don't want to keep you waiting so we will be starting the initial shortlist and assessment process while the job advert is running. Please check your emails or applicant account via our jobs portal for any updates on your application
If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis please ensure you have permission from your line manager.
Closing date: 31st March 2026
Interview date: 6th April 2026
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. Seemore