Senior DevOps Engineer
Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer looking to work on secure, mission‑critical platforms that really matter? You’ll join a collaborative team working in a trusted environment, supporting and evolving complex systems for high‑profile public sector clients. This role is fully on site and offers the opportunity to deepen your technical expertise while contributing to meaningful outcomes in national security.
What you'll be doing:
- Investigating, triaging and resolving incidents and stories efficiently and promptly.
- Proactively monitoring and maintaining system health to ensure high levels of service availability.
- Acting as a focal point for Elastic related problems, issues, changes and queries.
- Working across a mixture of BAU support and project‑based activities.
- Following disciplined, structured ITIL‑based service management processes.
- Developing and maintaining effective customer and third‑party relationships.
What you’ll bring:
- Understanding of virtualisation technologies, including containerisation and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, scripting and automation principles.
- Understanding of Linux operating systems and core networking concepts, including routing, firewalls and proxies.
- Understanding of digital certificates, authentication principles and certificate authorities.
- Experience using Elasticsearch, Kibana and Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
- Experience working within a DevOps or operational support environment.
It would be great if you had:
- Experience with Ansible, bash scripting and Terraform.
- Knowledge of PKI and information security methods.
- Experience troubleshooting hardware components.
- Experience using version control systems such as Git.
- Awareness of Apache NiFi, Docker, load balancing and DNS.
- Experience of Agile delivery methods, including sprint‑based working.
Employment Details
- Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent.
- Location: Gloucestershire, London or Manchester.
- Security Clearance Level: DV enhanced.
- Internal Recruiter: Rebecca.
- Salary: £55,000 – £60,000.
- Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.
Flexible Working
We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. If you need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and discuss possibilities with us.
Equal Opportunity
We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability who meets the minimum criteria for the role.
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Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer looking to work on secure, mission‑critical platforms that really matter? You’ll join a collaborative team working in a trusted environment, supporting and evolving complex systems for high‑profile public sector clients. This role is fully on site and offers the opportunity to deepen your technical expertise while contributing to meaningful outcomes in national security.
What you’ll be doing:
- Investigating, triaging and resolving incidents and stories efficiently and promptly.
- Proactively monitoring and maintaining system health to ensure high levels of service availability.
- Acting as a focal point for Elastic related problems, issues, changes and queries.
- Working across a mixture of BAU support and project‑based activities.
- Following disciplined, structured ITIL‑based service management processes.
- Developing and maintaining effective customer and third‑party relationships.
What you’ll bring:
- Understanding of virtualisation technologies, including containerisation and Kubernetes.
- Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, scripting and automation principles.
- Understanding of Linux operating systems and core networking concepts, including routing, firewalls and proxies.
- Understanding of digital certificates, authentication principles and certificate authorities.
- Experience using Elasticsearch, Kibana and Elastic Cloud Enterprise.
- Experience working within a DevOps or operational support environment.
It would be great if you had:
- Experience with Ansible, bash scripting and Terraform.
- Knowledge of PKI and information security methods.
- Experience troubleshooting hardware components.
- Experience using version control systems such as Git.
- Awareness of Apache NiFi, Docker, load balancing and DNS.
- Experience of Agile delivery methods, including sprint‑based working.
Employment Details
- Employment Type: Full‑time, Permanent.
- Location: Gloucestershire, London or Manchester.
- Security Clearance Level: DV enhanced.
- Internal Recruiter: Rebecca.
- Salary: £55,000 – £60,000.
- Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, and pension.
Flexible Working
We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. If you need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and discuss possibilities with us.
Equal Opportunity
We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability who meets the minimum criteria for the role.
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