Working Pattern: Primarily office-based
Salary: £51,000 per annum
Hours: Monday to Thursday 08:30 - 17:00, Friday 08:30 - 16:30
Reporting To IT Project Manager
About the Role We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support the development, delivery, and continuous improvement of DevOps services, cloud platforms, business applications, and technology projects.
This is a senior technical role that combines DevOps engineering, application support, database management, cloud infrastructure, data warehousing, and technical leadership. You will work closely with IT Operations, Project Management, business stakeholders, and third-party suppliers to ensure critical systems remain secure, reliable, scalable, and performant.
The successful candidate will also provide mentoring and technical guidance to DevOps Engineers while supporting the organisation's digital transformation strategy.
Key Responsibilities DevOps & Cloud Engineering
Support the implementation and continual improvement of the DevOps function, including Microsoft Azure DevOps.
Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation processes.
Maintain documented code repositories, configurations and infrastructure standards.
Work closely with infrastructure teams to ensure platforms are secure, resilient and optimised.
Identify opportunities to automate processes and reduce manual operational effort. Applications & Platform Support
Act as technical architect and subject matter expert for business-critical applications.
Support application integration, upgrades, patching, optimisation and release management.
Provide application support for core and non-core business systems.
Collaborate with business owners and third-party vendors on troubleshooting and enhancements.
Ensure applications are monitored, documented and maintained to minimise technical debt. Data & Database Management
Support the design, implementation and enhancement of enterprise data warehouse solutions.
Lead Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) processes and activities.
Create, configure, maintain and support databases and database services.
Optimise database performance, security and reliability.
Support data integrations and reporting platforms. Infrastructure & Systems Support
Provide platform support for applications and operating systems.
Support system builds, upgrades, releases, patching and fault resolution.
Maintain and optimise environments including:
SQL Server
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Learning Management Systems
Student Information Systems
Business Information Systems Incident, Change & Service Management
Act as part of the DevOps resolver team, resolving incidents and service requests within agreed service levels.
Provide third-line technical support and escalation assistance.
Participate in major incident management and root cause analysis.
Maintain accurate records within the IT Service Management (ITSM) platform.
Act as a permanent member of the Technical Change Board.
Provide occasional out-of-hours support for critical incidents and upgrades. Project Delivery
Support the delivery of strategic technology projects and programmes.
Lead technical workstreams and project activities where required.
Produce and maintain project documentation.
Ensure solutions align with technical standards and organisational objectives. Leadership & Mentoring
Mentor and support DevOps Engineers and technical team members.
Contribute to technical skills development and knowledge sharing.
Assist in maintaining technical skills matrices and training plans.
Promote best practices across DevOps, cloud engineering and application support.
Deputise for senior technical leadership when required. Key Skills & Experience Essential
Strong experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure DevOps.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
Experience supporting enterprise applications and business systems.
Strong database administration and support experience.
Experience with SQL Server, MySQL and PostgreSQL.
Knowledge of ETL processes and data warehousing concepts.
Experience with cloud infrastructure, automation and Infrastructure as Code.
Strong troubleshooting and third-line support experience.
Experience with monitoring, logging and application performance management.
Scripting and automation skills.
Experience working within Agile and DevOps environments. Desirable
Microsoft Dynamics 365
Data Warehouse technologies
Learning Management Systems
Terraform
Kubernetes
PowerShell
Azure Data Factory
Azure SQL
Microsoft Fabric
Cloud security and governance experience General Responsibilities
Participate in training, development and continuous professional development activities.
Maintain awareness of current technologies, industry trends and best practices.
Promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
Comply with all health, safety, safeguarding and security requirements.
Deliver a consistently high standard of customer service.
Undertake additional duties as reasonably required by management. Benefits & Additional Information
Salary of £51,000 per annum
Primarily office-based role in Watford
Working hours 08:30 - 17:00 Monday to Thursday
Early finish of 16:30 on Fridays
Opportunity to work on cloud transformation, data warehouse development, DevOps automation, and enterprise applications within a broad technology environment. Please note: The responsibilities outlined above are not exhaustive and may be amended from time to time to meet business requirements. They do not form part of any contract of employment. Provide your feedback on BizChat
Salary description
£50000.00 - £51000.00 per year