Senior DevOps Engineer

Oscar Technology
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Last month
£65,000 – £80,000 pa

Salary

£65,000 – £80,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Remote
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
3 May 2026 (Last month)

Senior DevOps Engineer| £80,000 | Remote

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer on behalf of a leader in their niche to head up their DevOps & Infrastructure environment.

The Role

You will be joining an experienced team of 10 developers. You will be working on brand new projects including a technology transformation project utilising the latest tools and equipment. Your role will specifically require you to oversee the DevOps, Security, and Cloud Infrastructure whilst leading the strategy and direction of the company.

Your day-to-day will consist of:

  • Leading and enhancing the company's infrastructure and tooling strategy.
  • Implementing and improving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform
  • Working across AWS services - particularly IAM, S3, EKS
  • Managing containerisation and orchestration.
  • Delivering robust monitoring and alerting solutions
  • Contributing to and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
  • Driving ISO 27000 implementation and supporting ongoing compliance initiatives
  • Introducing and managing cybersecurity tools such as vulnerability scanners, endpoint protection, SIEM, and cloud security monitoring solutions

Requirements:

  • Extensive experience in a DevOps team lead role using AWS, (IAM, S3, EKS).
  • Experience with IaC such as Terraform.. Cloud formation/CDK is desirable.
  • Expert knowledge in containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency with CI/CID pipelines and tools via GitHub & ArgoCD.
  • Experience delivering monitoring and alerting solutions.

Senior DevOps Engineer | £80,000 | Remote

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