Lead DevOps Engineer. London (2 days in the office), £70-80K.
This consultancy provide expert advice and hands-on system management to help clients get the most from technology and data. They use innovation wisely to deliver well thought-out digital solutions and software. They are searching for a Lead DevOps Engineer, who will be responsible for providing leadership and technical expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining Cloud Infrastructure practices.
As Lead DevOps Engineer, you will play a critical role in shaping the infrastructure, deployment processes, and automation strategies for web-based projects (mainly websites, web platforms and API middleware solutions using open-source frameworks). This position requires a combination of technical prowess and strategic thinking, and effective team management. The company manage a variety of applications on different stacks which includes AWS, Azure, Git, Docker, Cloudflare and Terraform. Experience with these technologies is required and considered a valuable asset for this role.
Key Responsibilities of this Lead DevOps Engineer:
Technical Leadership and Delivery Oversight
Collaborate with project managers to ensure accountable and efficient technical delivery across various projects in terms of quality and efficiency.
Lead technical discussions during client calls, ensuring clear specifications are captured, and projects are delivered within the agreed commercial parameters.
Team Management and Development
Manage and cultivate a high-performing team of engineers, actively participating in their growth and development.
Coach team members alongside other leads and senior engineers, contributing to skill enhancement and career progression.
Collaborate with project managers to plan team schedules, participate in recruitment activities, and manage team performance through KPIs.
Project Oversight and Escalation Handling
Experience And Skills of this Lead DevOps Engineer:
At least 2-3 years of experience in a similar role.
Experience with technology stacks such as AWS, Azure, Git, Docker, Cloudflare and Terraform.
Experience deploying and maintaining solutions mostly utilising the Laravel, Drupal and NextJS.
Experience building and optimising high performance technology at scale.
Passion as an open source technologist, with good working knowledge of common open source technologies. (E.g. Red Hat Linux, Amazon Linux, Debian, git, SSH, rsync, nginx, apache, etc)
Familiarity and experience with core Information Security principles and ISO 27001 accreditation (E.g. threat modelling, compartmentalisation, separation of concerns, principle of least privilege, etc)
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
If you're the Lead DevOps Engineer we're after, get in touch quoting reference ILS223 when applying for this role.
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