Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Derby (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite)
Contract Length: October 2026 - May 2027
Security Clearance: BPSS required to start. SC Clearance can be processed concurrently during onboarding.
Rate: Competitive Market Rates

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support a major enterprise transformation programme focused on infrastructure modernisation, cloud automation, and platform engineering within a complex engineering and manufacturing environment.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in designing, automating, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud and container platforms, driving best practices across infrastructure, deployment automation, security, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

Lead OpenShift Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development and automation initiatives.
Design and implement Azure platform automation solutions.
Develop and maintain reusable deployment patterns and standards.
Own technical governance and best practices across the DevOps function.
Drive OpenShift architecture, platform automation, and infrastructure delivery.
Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and deployment orchestration.
Support Kubernetes and OpenShift platform troubleshooting and optimisation.
Deliver secure and compliant infrastructure solutions.
Implement monitoring, logging, and observability tooling across environments.
Collaborate with engineering, architecture, and delivery teams to improve deployment efficiency and platform reliability.
Champion automation-first approaches to infrastructure and application deployment.Essential Skills & Experience

Strong experience administering Microsoft Azure environments.
Extensive experience with Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO) and/or OpenShift Container Platform.
Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) development.
Strong Kubernetes and OpenShift troubleshooting skills.
Experience designing and maintaining enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines.
Strong understanding of cloud security and secure delivery practices.
Experience implementing monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
Ability to define technical standards, governance, and reusable deployment frameworks.
Experience working within large-scale enterprise transformation programmes.Desirable Skills

Experience within highly regulated environments.
Knowledge of enterprise asset management platforms such as Maximo.
Experience supporting international deployments and multi-region cloud environments.
Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and tooling.
Previous experience working within engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, or defence sectors.Technologies

Microsoft Azure
Azure Red Hat OpenShift (ARO)
OpenShift Container Platform
Kubernetes
Terraform
GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
CI/CD Tooling
Monitoring & Logging Solutions
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
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