Senior DevOps Engineer

Newport, Gwent
Reed Technology

Senior DevOps Engineer – Newport, UK – Permanent Position

Agency Summary:

Focus:
CI/CD | Automated Testing | Risk & Issue Tracking | Support & Incident Resolution | Mentoring | Orchestration

Tech:

Azure | GitHub | Terraform | .NET, C#, Python, NextJs or Node | Python, Bash or PowerShell | Containerisation

Location:
Newport, Wales | Hybrid/Flexible (1 Day) | 2.5 Miles from Train Station | On Bus/Cycling Route | Free Parking

About this Role:
An exciting opportunity to join the DevOps Enablement team within the Platform and Digital Enablement Group. Working within an established team during a digital transformation journey, this role provides an opportunity to turn innovative ideas into customer value using a range of technologies and delivery platforms.

Benefits
Unlimited Pluralsight video learning access
Access to Microsoft’s ESI training suite
Pension: 27.1% – 27.9% employer contributions
Hybrid working with no core hours
Substantial support for career progression
25 days annual leave moving to 30 days in annual increments
You will also get 8 days public leave and 1 day privilege leave

Experience:
Strong understanding of DevOps principles and experience of working in a DevOps or iterative development culture.
Excellent knowledge and proven experience implementing continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) tools, including pipeline design and administration.
Experience with automated testing and embedding this in CI/CD pipelines.
Demonstrable experience in service support including troubleshooting and incident resolution.
Experience in identification and tracking of risks and issues.
Experience of knowledge sharing and mentoring junior members of the team.
For a DevOps Lead Engineer there is an expectation that you would also have;
Experience in leading DevOps expertise and decision making across the whole software delivery life cycle
Experience in identifying and selecting appropriate DevOps technical solutions based on user needs and business requirements.

Technical Skills
Substantial experience in administration and configuration of Azure DevOps Pipelines (preferred), github or other CI/CD orchestration tools.
Awareness of Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform (training can be provided).
Substantial experience supporting the build and deployment of, or coding in one or more of the following or equivalent: .NET Core/C#/Python/NextJs/Node Front End.
Substantial experience in software development process and tools, and development or Scripting experience in one or more of the following: Python/Bash/PowerShell.
Experience in containerisation technologies and platforms such as Docker or Azure container services such as Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps or Azure Container Registry or equivalent.
Experience in managing and supporting distributed source code repositories including Git.

Next Steps
Looking interesting? The role will be open for applications until Friday 30th of June. Please complete an application or submit a CV as guided.