Senior DevOps Engineer (CI/CD Platform) - Part-Time

• 1-year contract, renewable
• Government project
• Hybrid work arrangement

About the Role

We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps/Software Engineer to join our SHIPHATS platform team, responsible for building and maintaining the shared developer platform that powers our organization's software delivery pipeline.

This role is ideal for someone who has strong hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure (Azure and/or AWS), networking, and DevOps automation, and is passionate about enabling development teams to deliver software efficiently and securely.

Key Responsibilities

· Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure and networking components across Azure and AWS environments.
· Manage and enhance our central CI/CD tooling ecosystem (e.g., GitLab, Nexus, Nexus-iq, SonarQube, etc.) to support product teams across the organization.
· Implement automation for provisioning, configuration, and deployment using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
· Monitor, secure, and optimize CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost efficiency.
· Collaborate with security, networking, and application teams to ensure seamless integration and compliance with organizational policies.
· Troubleshoot and resolve complex networking and infrastructure issues impacting the CI/CD platform.
· Contribute to best practices and internal standards, helping to evolve the platform with scalability and maintainability in mind.
Contribute to the success of our Northstar / DP Programme.
· Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance to other DevOps and development teams.

Requirements

· 4–8 years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Platform Engineering roles.
· Strong proficiency with Azure and/or AWS — including compute, storage, networking (VPCs, subnets, VPN, routing, firewalls, DNS).
· Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
· Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and toolchains — experience with at least one enterprise-grade platform (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
· Solid foundation in Linux administration, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and network troubleshooting.
· Familiar with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
· Scripting or programming skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell, or Go).
· Experience managing multi-cloud or hybrid environments.
· Familiarity with Vault, SonarQube, Nexus, or similar developer platform tools.
· Exposure to OIDC, SSO, and identity management in CI/CD or cloud contexts.
· Understanding of DevSecOps practices, compliance, and governance in CI/CD pipelines.