Role: Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Newport (Hybrid)
28.9% Pension
Yolk Recruitment are excited to be working with an innovation-driven civil service organisation as they journey through an incredible digital transformation whilst prioritising forward thinking and excellent digital practices. Alongside this, they pride themselves on being a Stonewall Diversity Champion, which means they are part of Britain's leading best-practice employers' forum for sexual orientation and gender identity equality, diversity and inclusion.
Working within an established team, this role provides an opportunity to turn innovative ideas into customer value using a range of technologies and delivery platforms.
Provide hands-on technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring to engineers
Lead DevOps practices across the full software delivery lifecycle
Act as a technical product owner, contributing to medium-long term strategy
Contribute to technology strategy, roadmaps, and planning activities
Stay informed on emerging DevOps trends and innovations
Mentor and support engineers in technical and professional development
Contribute to building capability across the wider engineering community
Strong understanding of DevOps principles within iterative delivery environments
Proven experience leading DevOps decision-making across delivery lifecycles
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, including design and implementation
Experience embedding automated testing within delivery pipelines
Experience managing risks and issues
Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar)
Python, Bash, PowerShell)
NET, Python, Node.js)
If you think this Lead DevOps Engineer opportunity is for you then please apply online.
We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.