Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure) - Newport, South Wales

Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure) - Newport, South Wales in Newport (NP1) | Harvey Nash My career My jobs MA My account Search These jobs were popular with other job seekers Senior DevOps Engineer Inspire People Cardiff (CF14), CF14 3ZA £48429 - £52222 per annum + 29% Pension & Civil Service Benefits 5 days ago Senior Platform Engineer (Azure) Yolk Recruitment Limited Cardiff (CF1) Negotiable 1 month ago Technical Operations Network Engineer Infosec Newport (NP1) £57000 - £62000 per annum + Bonus 2 days ago Lead Site Reliability Engineer Inspire People Grangetown, Cardiff (CF11), CF10 1XS £63824 - £80158 per annum + +29% pension cont. & CS benefits 1 month ago Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Power Apps Inspire People Swansea (SA1), SA1 £48400 - £59300 per annum + 29% Pension Cont & CS Benefits 1 month ago Senior DevOps Engineer Inspire People Nottingham (NG2), NG2 3NG £48429 - £52222 per annum + 29% Pension & Civil Service Benefits 5 days ago Infrastructure Engineering Specialist Randstad Digital Bristol (BS1), BS1 £650 - £700 per hour 3 weeks ago DevOps Engineer Halian Technology Limited Reading (RG1) From £70,000 to £85,000 per annum with annual discretionary bonus 1 week ago Senior System Engineer (SFIA4) Hackajob Ltd London £75k - £98k per year 1 month ago 3rd Line / Infrastructure Engineer Robert Half Limited Bristol (BS1), BS1 £42000 - £43000 per annum 3 days ago Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure) - Newport, South Wales Harvey Nash Newport (NP1) Permanent Contract; Hybrid Published: 2 days ago £75000.00 - £78000.00 per annum Apply Save Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure) - Newport, South Wales Harvey Nash Apply Poor Fit Your CV is missing most of what's needed for this role. Based on resume.pdf Poor fit Strong fit See why Lead DevOps Engineer (SC Clearance Required) Location: Newport, South Wales (Hybrid, 1 day per week on site) Type: Permanent Salary: £66,000 - £78,000 depending on skills and experience About the Role A UK public sector organisation is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join its Platform Engineering function as part of a major digital transformation programme. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll be responsible for setting direction, leading a team of DevOps engineers, and remaining close to the technology and delivery. The successful candidate will play a key role in modernising platforms, improving engineering capability, and driving DevOps best practice across multiple teams. What You'll Be Doing Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developing infrastructure as code. Supporting cloud deployments, troubleshooting issues, and contributing code where required. Leading, coaching, and line managing a team of DevOps engineers. Driving technical decision-making and promoting DevOps best practices across teams and services. Working closely with engineering, architecture, and delivery teams to modernise platforms and improve delivery capability. Influencing technical direction across a number of workstreams within a complex transformation environment. About You You'll bring substantial practical experience across cloud engineering, automation, and the software delivery lifecycle, alongside a passion for developing engineers and improving ways of working. Key experience includes: Strong hands-on experience with Azure, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AKS, and CI/CD pipelines. Solid scripting and software engineering capability. Proven experience leading, mentoring, and coaching engineers. The ability to make an immediate impact within an established engineering function. At least five years' continuous UK residency, making you eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance. The ability to attend the Newport office on a regular basis and participate in in-person interview stages. What's On Offer Salary of £66,000 - £78,000, including a staged retention and technical allowance that increases over four years. Excellent defined-benefit pension with a generous employer contribution. 25 days' annual leave rising to 30 days, plus public holidays. Hybrid and agile working arrangements. A collaborative engineering culture focused on learning, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing. Long-term career stability within a high-profile national transformation programme. How to Apply Apply via this advert with your CV and we'll be in touch if your background aligns with the requirements of the role. 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