Senior DevOps Engineer
Oxfordshire (Hybrid) | Up to £110,000 base
We're working with a well-funded, fast-growing technology company building high-performance, data-intensive platforms, and they’re looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join their team.
This is a high-impact role where you’ll play a key part in shaping infrastructure, improving deployment processes, and driving reliability across complex distributed systems operating across both cloud and on-prem environments.
What you’ll be doing:
* Building and automating infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible
* Developing and optimising CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, including self-hosted runners)
* Managing deployments across multiple environments, including restricted or security-sensitive systems
* Driving observability using OpenTelemetry and the Grafana stack (Loki, Tempo, Mimir)
* Implementing artifact management, versioning strategies, and release processes
* Supporting the evolution of a hybrid cloud / on-prem platform architecture
* Working with containerised services and contributing to platform scalability
* Collaborating with software and platform engineering teams to improve system performance and reliability
What they’re looking for:
* Strong DevOps / SRE experience in complex, production environments
* Deep Linux systems expertise (Ubuntu or similar)
* Strong experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.)
* Strong scripting/programming skills (Python or similar)
* Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
* Hands-on experience with observability tooling (Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus)
* Strong experience with containerised environments (Docker or similar)
* Experience working across cloud and on-prem / hybrid environments
* Strong understanding of security, scalability, and system reliability
Why join?
* Work on complex, high-impact systems at scale
* Real influence over infrastructure and platform engineering direction
* Strong engineering culture with cross-functional collaboration
* Competitive salary + bonus + equity
* Private healthcare (family included)
* Flexible hybrid working
We are committed to building inclusive teams.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Our client values diversity and believes a broad range of ideas and experiences makes for better outcomes