Senior Application Support & DevOps Engineer
UK (Remote) | Up to £75,000
Candidates MUST be a UK National and eligible for NPPV2 / Home Office Clearance
We’re partnering with a global software consultancy as they expand into the UK, following the award of a major multi-year programme with a UK Defence client. This is a rare opportunity to join at the ground level of their UK growth, playing a key role in delivering and supporting a high-profile, security‑critical platform.
The Role
As their Senior Application Support & DevOps Engineer, you’ll act as the UK-based technical lead, owning live production systems and working directly with clients in a secure, high‑stakes environment.
You’ll be hands‑on across incident management, system reliability, and DevOps improvements, collaborating closely with global engineering teams.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own and support UK-hosted production systems in a secure environment
- Act as the primary UK technical contact for clients
- Deliver L2/L3 support, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
- Lead incident response and manage live production issues
- Improve CI/CD pipelines, deployments, and operational processes
- Work closely with offshore Dev & QA teams to resolve issues and drive improvements
What's important for this role
- Proven ability to independently support live production environments
- Strong experience in DevOps & Cloud (AWS/Azure)
- Experience in high‑pressure, incident‑driven environments
- Solid development background in .NET (C#), JavaScript
- Strong SQL Server experience in production settings
- Understanding of web architecture, APIs, and secure integrations
- Good knowledge of database performance and optimisation
Why Join?
- Be part of a new UK venture backed by a successful global consultancy
- Work on a long‑term, high‑profile government programme
- Opportunity to shape the UK team and future projects
- Fully remote role (with future UK hub planned – Manchester or Milton Keynes)
- Competitive salary up to £75,000
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