Senior DevOps Engineer

JOB TITLE:  Senior DevOps Engineer

SALARY: £70,929 - £80,000

LOCATION: Manchester

HOURS:  Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in our Manchester office

About this opportunity…

Exciting opportunity for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join Smarter Journey as a Senior DevOps Engineer you’ll hold accountability for design, implementation, maintenance and support of DevOps pipelines, tooling/automation at a Feature/Lab team level. This will include recommending the right pipeline and tooling choices appropriate for their Feature/Lab accountabilities, in line with Group Strategy

About us…

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…

What you’ll do…

• Accountable for DevOps implementations at a Feature team/Lab level, ensuring all services/implementations are stable, scalable and performant.

• Ensuring service levels are appropriate for all DevOps services consumed by the Feature/Lab team

• Utilising endorsed technologies and applying common build patterns to minimise technical debt

• Adhering to Group policies and frameworks for build and release

• Drive relentless automation of repetitive and tedious tasks (TOIL)

• Actively contribute to Platform level roadmaps around DevOps pipelines, tooling and technology

• Support building a strong team by mentoring early career engineers to advance their technical skills, and by undertaking technical interviews to enable us to hire new engineers

• Build your network across the DevOps community within the Group

What you’ll need…

• Proficiency in managing and deploying applications on public cloud (GCP preferred).

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.

• Strong knowledge of container orchestration using Kubernetes.

• Understanding of network segmentation and subnetting.

• Experience with Helm for managing Kubernetes applications.

• Proficiency with multiple CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Spinnaker/Harness)

• Knowledge of configuring and managing firewalls for security.

• Strong understanding of information/network security principles and practices.

• Experience with managing secrets and certificates, such as using HashiCorp Vault.

It would be great if you also had…

• Understanding of service mesh concepts and implementations (Istio).

• Experience with private and hybrid cloud environments.

• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation tasks.

About working for us…

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes…

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!