Job Description
University of Sheffield | 1-2 days per week on-site | Russell Group University | Permanent
Harvey Nash have partnered exclusively with the University of Sheffield as they continue to revolutionise their digital solutions and cement their standing as one of the UK's leading Russell Group institutions.
The university is now looking for a hands-on DevOps Team Lead to shape and manage a growing team of engineers. This is a pivotal hire within the DevOps and Integration function, offering you a blend of strategic oversight, technical challenge, and meaningful leadership.
The university has invested significantly in its digital estate, with key infrastructure already migrated into AWS and wider initiatives around automation, cost optimisation, and resilient system design underway. This role will sit at the heart of that transformation.
The Opportunity:
You'll be leading a team currently made up of 4 engineers, with plans to grow gradually over the next couple of years. This role isn't just about people management - it's a technical leadership position with real influence. Roughly 60/40 in split, or slightly more technical depending on projects, you'll be driving standards, tooling, and delivery practices across hybrid platforms and a mixed cloud/on-prem environment.
With plenty of big-ticket transformations underway from optimising critical services running across campus data ...