Position: Senior DevOps Platform Engineer
Employment Type: Contract
Start: ASAP (December/Janaury 2025)
Duration: 3 Months+
Location: East Midlands, UK (Hybrid, 3 days)
Language(s): English
Focus on SAP is a specialist SAP and ERP Recruitment organisation offering both permanent and contract staffing solutions on a global scale.
Client – Partnered with a global leader in digital transformation and IT services, working with some of the world’s biggest brands. Their mission is not only to deliver cutting-edge technology but also to empower organisations to create meaningful impact for the people and communities they serve. For you, this means working on challenging projects that demand innovation, collaboration, and thought leadership.
Role – We are seeking a DevOps Architect / Senior DevOps Engineer to drive automation, scalability, and modern delivery practices across a cloud-native engineering environment. You will lead DevOps transformation initiatives, design secure and resilient CI/CD frameworks, and champion containerisation and service-mesh adoption across strategic application platforms. This role offers hands-on influence over major architecture improvements using technologies including Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, and Istio.
Key Responsibilities:
* Architect scalable DevOps solutions improving delivery speed, reliability, and observability.
* Design and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins & Helm.
* Automate provisioning with Ansible and support configuration management.
* Lead containerisation and deployment using Docker, Kubernetes (AKS).
* Implement Istio and service mesh patterns for secure microservices communication.
* Build strong monitoring/alerting using Elastic Stack (ELK) & other telemetry tools.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams in Agile environments.
* Support incident response and operational readiness of automation workflows.
* Conduct code reviews and uplift quality engineering standards.
* Mentor engineers and establish DevOps best practices across teams.
Key Skills:
* Strong expertise in DevOps CI/CD design and tooling.
* Hands-on Kubernetes experience (ideally Azure Kubernetes Service – AKS).
* Azure DevOps (ADO) + container registry integration.
* Helm, Docker, Istio.
* Strong understanding of monitoring, logging & traceability.
* Ansible / Puppet automation skills.
* Familiar with Jira, Confluence, Git, Bitbucket.
* Working knowledge of Java design patterns.
* Excellent communication and stakeholder influence.
If you are interested or would like to know more, please email jonathan.la@focusonsap.org with your CV and availability to speak.
Applicants must be a UK based and holds a valid right to work status.