Job Title: Lead DevOps Engineer
Location: Leeds / Hybrid, c. once per month
Salary: Circa £85,000 + bonus + benefits
Why Apply?
Fruition are partnering with a truly Global business who are expanding on their services and operations and looking to expand their DevOps team and bring in a hands-on Lead DevOps Engineer in Leeds to build and grow out a small team. This permanent opportunity sits within a high-performing technology function, driving excellence across DevOps. You'll influence technical direction, modernise infrastructure, and mentor engineering talent in a fast-paced, agile environment.
Lead DevOps Engineer Responsibilities
* Lead the design of scalable CI/CD pipelines
* Drive platform modernisation
* Manage a small team of engineers
* Align DevOps capabilities with the wider business
* Champion DevEx, reliability, and security
* Embed operational excellence and incident response
* Promote observability and performance optimisation
Lead DevOps Engineer Requirements
* Proven line management experience
* Cloud-native expertise (any cloud provider is fine: GCP, AWS or Azure)
* Knowledge of GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible
* Experience in Kubernetes, Docker, SRE and IaC principles
* Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana etc
* Any scripting experience will be a bonus
What's in it for me?
* Competitive salary circa £85k + bonus
* Hybrid working (1 day onsite per month)
* Discretionary bonus scheme
* 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
* Healthcare and wellbeing support
* Career growth in a global tech environment
* Opportunities to shape modern platform strategy
* Exposure to cutting-edge tools and practices
* A collaborative, agile and learning-focused culture
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.