The Opportunity Join a newly established consultancy at the foundational stage. We are looking for an exceptional, hands-on senior engineer to help define our technical culture. We value curiosity, ownership, and the "extra mile" mindset required to solve complex challenges for our clients. Core Responsibilities Automation: Drive end-to-end infrastructure and environment automation. CI/CD Ownership: Manage and evolve our Continuous Integration pipelines. Observability: Develop advanced monitoring and diagnostics to ensure system health. Delivery: Build and deploy bespoke automation solutions for end-users. Technical Profile Automation & Code: Expert PowerShell/scripting. Prior developer experience (C#, Java, or Python) is highly valued. Hybrid Infrastructure: Deep Windows & Linux administration. Strong VMware (vSphere) and SAN experience is essential for our on-prem delivery. Tooling: IaC: Ansible, Terraform, or equivalent. CI/CD: TeamCity, Octopus Deploy, and Artifactory. Containers: Docker and Kubernetes/Swarm. Data & Monitoring: Microsoft SQL Server management; ELK or Grafana for telemetry. Quality: Experience with Static Analysis (SonarQube) and Workload Automation (Control-M). Experience & Requirements Senior Hands-on Expertise: Extensive experience designing and building enterprise-grade infrastructure. You should be as comfortable in a rack room or a shell as you are in a design workshop. Academic Excellence: Minimum 2.1 degree in Computer Science or a STEM field, ideally from a Russell Group University. We value the first-principles thinking this background provides. Communication: Ability to navigate client-facing environments, translating complex infrastructure hurdles into professional, clear updates. Industry: Financial Services experience is a significant bonus.