Senior DevOps Engineer

Who you are

• Several years running cloud infrastructure in production on AWS. Experience with Azure is a bonus
• Knowledge of Terraform (Teragrunt is a bonus) beyond the basics. You’ve managed complex estates, written reusable modules, and worked across multiple environments
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and ArgoCD in a production context
• Ability to write Python or Bash to automate
• Experience with CI/CD (CircleCI is a bonus) at a level where you have created pipelines, not just used them. You understand the security considerations and have thought about deployment from a risk perspective

What the job involves

• Nationwide, Hybrid, 50% office attendance where you live within reasonable commuting distance of an NEC SWS office, SC eligibility required
• Join us and help shape the future of mission-critical applications across large national public service systems
• We’re seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join a talented team of experts dedicated to delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions
• The role offers the opportunity to contribute across major national programmes, spanning justice and probation, national licensing, and beyond
• It is well suited to an engineer who wants real technical influence, enjoys helping teams succeed, and wants to play a meaningful part in developing the next generation of large-scale public-sector services
• Take ownership of cloud infrastructure from provisioning through to day-to-day operations, working closely with our Solutions Architect on significant changes
• Use Infrastructure as Code as the default for everything, maintaining and improving our setup as the infrastructure evolves
• Keep our CI/CD pipelines fast and reliable. When something breaks or slows down, you investigate and fix it properly rather than patching around it
• Monitor environments to track performance, uptime, and resource usage. Responding and troubleshooting any issues that might arise
• Stay curious about what is happening in the industry. If there is a better way to do something, we want to hear about it. Bring ideas, run spikes and make the case. We’re open to changing how we work when there is a good reason to
• Work closely with wider teams to understand needs and provide DevOps solutions

The application process

• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting and reference checks. Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required

Benefits

• Private Medical Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance
• 25 Days Holiday
• Wellness
• Retail & Lifestyle Discounts
• Flexible Working
• Continued Learning
• CycleScheme