Overview

Senior DevOps Engineer role at NPAworldwide. We are supporting a specialist technical consultancy in their search for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their Central Government team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on complex, high-impact projects while shaping modern, secure cloud infrastructure.

Location & Working Model

Work from home or from one of six UK office hubs (including Bristol, Cheltenham, and London). Bi-weekly travel to London required to meet with customers.

The Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and evolving secure and scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and maintaining AWS infrastructure.
• Deploying, scaling, and managing Kubernetes clusters (Docker, Helm).
• Developing automated tools and processes for deployment, monitoring, testing, and maintenance.
• Creating and maintaining security, compliance, and disaster recovery procedures.
• Optimising systems for high availability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Monitoring and improving infrastructure/application performance.
• Troubleshooting and resolving infrastructure/application issues.
• Mentoring junior DevOps engineers.

About You / Essential Skills & Experience

• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Configuration Management & Automation expertise
• Containers & orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm)
• Observability tools such as CloudWatch, ELK, Grafana
• Basic programming skills (any language)
• CI/CD pipeline development and management experience
• Eligibility Requirement: You must be a British citizen who has lived in the UK continuously for the last 5 years, in order to qualify for high-level security clearance.

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary + benefits
• Flexible working (37.5 hours, flexi-time)
• Hybrid options: home-based or office
• Learning & Development: external training allowance, career coaching, and technical guilds
• Matched pension & healthcare package
• Inclusive culture with regular team socials
• Career progression pathways

Salary

Salary Type: Annual Salary; Salary Min: £55000; Salary Max: £70000; Currency Type: GBP

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Staffing and Recruiting