Lead DevOps Engineer – DevOps, Terraform, Containerism, Azure, CI/CD, AWS, Google Cloud, Jenkins, GitLab, CI, CircleCI, networking, infrastructure management, project management, docker, Kubernetes, information security, Cyber Security – Permanent – Cambridge - £75,000 - £85,000 + package
Our global end user client based in Cambridgeshire is looking to appoint a Lead DevOps Engineer in a newly created role within the global IT team. We’re looking for someone with a strong DevOps technical background that has had functional experience in a leadership / management capacity within an IT environment.
This person will lead a global team of DevOps engineers. Under your guidance the team will design and deliver infrastructure projects supporting a diverse portfolio of applications and look to use automation to help with the management and updates to the delivery ecosystem.
The role will be performed on a hybrid working basis from the Cambridge office.
Key Skills & Experience:
* Proven experience in a leadership role; whether from a DevOps or infrastructure background
* Extensive experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and on-premises infrastructure.
* Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
* Strong knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
* Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI).
* Solid understanding of networking, security, and system administration.
* Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
* Strong leadership and communication skills.
* Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Main Responsibilities:
* Deliver and operate a “push the button to refresh” ecosystem that keeps application versions, interfaces and data structures working throughout and after updates occur within the portfolio.
* Partner with development team leaders and developers to support pre-deployment workspaces and to refresh code updates into production.
* Develop and implement IT projects and infrastructures for cloud and on-premise systems
* Oversee continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) and DevOps architecture.
* Implement automation and orchestration of tools and processes to minimize delivery time and increase efficiency.
* Manage a team of engineers and developers, fostering a collaborative work environment, system consistency, stability, and efficiency.
* Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues.
* Ensure critical resolution of system issues by using the best cloud security solutions to protect internal information.
* Conduct technical reviews and audits.
* Maintain communication with relevant departments to ensure software development projects are aligned with company goals.
* Implement industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
Location: Cambridge
Candidates must be eligible to work in this country and this role is subject to stringent security checks.
Catch Resource Management is a leading provider of Dynamics 365, JD Edwards, NetSuite and other ERP resources to both end users and to product suppliers/authors.
Our consultants deliver a completely professional resourcing service, always backed up by our team of ERP specialists who are all experienced in full project life cycle implementation and support, thus ensuring that we fully understand our clients’ requirements and our candidates’ skills.
If you have the relevant skills and experience for this position we would welcome your application, however please note that we receive high levels of responses to our advertisements so can only immediately respond to those that are a close match. However, if you are interested in hearing about similar positions then please register on our website: www.catchgroup.com.