Enso Recruitment is partnering with a leading technology-driven organisation to find a talented Lead DevOps Engineer. This role offers the chance to take a hands-on leadership position within a collaborative team responsible for maintaining and evolving a highly available, scalable cloud environment.
The successful candidate will play a key role in guiding DevOps practices, supporting rapid deployment cycles, and driving infrastructure improvements across a growing SaaS platform with a global reach.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide technical leadership to the DevOps function while remaining actively involved in hands-on engineering work.
* Manage and optimise AWS-based infrastructure with tools like Kubernetes and Terraform.
* Partner with development, product, and security teams to deliver robust, secure, and scalable systems.
* Oversee CI/CD processes and support multiple daily releases with minimal disruption.
* Shape infrastructure strategy, influencing best practices and architectural decisions.
What You’ll Bring
* Experience leading DevOps efforts or teams in a dynamic, fast-paced setting.
* Strong expertise in AWS services including networking, IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, and container orchestration with EKS.
* Demonstrated ability to manage production systems, resolve incidents, and implement effective change controls.
* A pragmatic approach to balancing technical, security, and operational priorities.
Bonus Skills (Nice to Have)
* Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
* Experience setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines.
* Familiarity with observability tools and techniques.
Benefits & Perks
* Fully remote role or hybrid option from Belfast.
* Personal development budget.
* Long-term incentive scheme participation.
* Private health coverage, including critical illness and life insurance.
* Wellness support including gym discounts and other benefits.