Senior DevOps Engineer
Location: Maidenhead, United Kingdom
Experience: 7+ Years
Employment Type: Full-time
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience to own and manage day-to-day DevOps activities, including cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, monitoring, and automation. The candidate should be hands-on, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of deployment workflows and troubleshooting technical issues.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and related services.
- Own application deployments and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Manage GitOps-based deployments using Argo CD and Helm.
- Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform.
- Configure and maintain monitoring dashboards and alerts using Grafana.
- Manage SonarQube integration for code quality checks within CI/CD pipelines.
- Develop and maintain YAML configurations and shell scripts for automation.
- Implement cloud security best practices, including IAM, access control, and secrets management.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and pipeline issues, ensuring reliable releases.
- Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes and operational efficiency.
Mandatory Skills:
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps or a related technical role.
- Working knowledge of AWS, Linux, and networking fundamentals.
- Hands-on knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Experience with Git, GitHub Actions, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with GitOps and Argo CD.
- Basic knowledge of Terraform, YAML, and shell scripting.
- Familiarity SonarQube, and cloud security practices.
Good-to-Have Skills:
Familiarity with Microsoft Azure
Exposure to Grafana and other monitoring tools.
Knowledge of additional cloud automation and cloud-native technologies
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
Ability to work independently, take ownership, and continuously improve DevOps processes.