Senior DevOps Engineer

Who are we?

We’re a specialist employee benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces. As part of the international Unum Group, we’re on a collective mission to help the working world thrive.

The role

What will you be doing?

What will you bring?

We are hiring a Senior DevOps Engineer, who will be a key member of the UK Engineering and DevOps Team, providing expertise and automation solutions to the wider IT Delivery department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate across teams to deliver a high-quality Developer Platform.
• Design, build, and support robust and secure automation solutions.
• Advise on, and support delivery teams with, CI/CD pipelines and SDLC tooling.
• Adopt, demonstrate, and encourage good DevOps and Platform Engineering practices.
• Take technical leadership of projects and coach/mentor other engineers.

Skills and Experience:

• Extensive use of CI/CD tooling and scripting languages, such as Azure DevOps, Git, Artifactory, SonarQube, Cycode, PowerShell, bash.
• A working understanding of Infrastructure as Code tools, such as Terraform.
• Application development using modern techniques and languages, such as Node.js, .NET, Python.
• Strong technical design and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with modern technologies such as virtualisation, containerisation, and cloud.
• Working knowledge of DevOps concepts, security, and practices.
• Keen to engage in technical and process improvement discussions and drive change.
• A history of delivering projects on-time and on-budget.

The successful candidate can expect: 

• Generous Bonus.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• DC pension scheme.
• Life, medical and income Insurance. 
• Access to remote GP, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support, and medical 2nd opinion. 
• 27 days holiday in addition to Bank Holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday each year.
• Salary-sacrifice electric car scheme with free on-site electric chargers.  

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Why join us?

At Unum, we’ve created a workplace where people feel supported to progress and grow, and can see their ambitions coming to life.

As a part of our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace, we actively encourage applications from those with disabilities and those with long-term health conditions.

If you meet the essential criteria for the role and choose to opt in to the scheme during your application, you will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.

If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

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