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Devops Infrastructure Engineer

Sterling Bridge LimitedSouthampton, Hampshire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 22 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid DevOps Infrastructure Engineer role offers a competitive GBP 70,000 - 90,000 salary and the chance to own critical infrastructure for a leading UK tech business. You'll thrive here if you're passionate about Kubernetes, automation, and making a tangible impact within a high-calibre, collaborative team. Apply today to shape the future of a mission-critical platform and advance your career!

Quick Overview

Salary
£70k - £90k/yr
Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Posted
3 weeks ago
AnsibleKubernetesProxmoxTerraform

Job Description

Role:DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer

Location:Southampton (Hybrid Working)

Salary:£90,000 £110,000 + Benefits

Kubernetes at Scale | Infrastructure Ownership | High-Impact Engineering Environment

Were partnered with an exciting and forward-thinking technology business that is continuing to invest heavily in its engineering capabilities. Theyre looking for an experienced DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer who wants genuine technical ownership and the opportunity to work on infrastructure that directly supports critical production services.

This is not a traditional DevOps position focused on maintaining legacy environments or simply working through tickets. Youll be given the freedom to build, automate, optimize and improve production infrastructure, working on technically challenging problems where reliability, scalability and performance are genuinely important.

Youll take ownership of production Kubernetes environments, developing and scaling platforms while driving improvements across automation, resilience and observability. Youll also work heavily with Terraform, Ansible and Linux, helping create highly automated and reliable infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.

Youll be part of a small, highly skilled engineering team where your ideas and technical input are genuinely valued. Youll have the opportunity to work closely with talented engineers, influence architecture and take projects from initial concept through to production.

For an engineer who enjoys getting hands-on with modern infrastructure and wants the autonomy to make a real difference, this is an opportunity with plenty of scope to make your mark.

Required Skills:

  • 5+ years experience across DevOps, Infrastructure or Platform Engineering
  • Strong commercial experience managing Kubernetes in production environments
  • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, Ansible or similar
  • Excellent Linux administration skills
  • Experience supporting highly available production platforms
  • Strong understanding of infrastructure automation, reliability and scalability
  • Experience with monitoring, observability and infrastructure optimization
  • Ability to take ownership of infrastructure projects from concept through to production
  • UK based and able to commute to Southampton
  • Desirable Skills:
  • Experience with Proxmox VE or Ceph
  • Strong networking knowledge
  • Security-focused approach to infrastructure
  • Experience within SaaS, hosting or real-time infrastructure environments

Exclusive Benefits:

  • £90,000 £110,000 Salary + Excellent Benefits
  • Hybrid Working Southampton
  • Hands-on ownership of production Kubernetes infrastructure
  • Work with modern DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure technologies
  • Significant exposure to Terraform, Ansible, Linux and automation
  • Opportunity to influence architecture and platform strategy
  • High level of autonomy and technical ownership
  • Work alongside a small team of highly skilled engineers
  • Take ownership of major infrastructure projects from design through to production
  • Long-term career progression within a technology-driven business

If youre a DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer who enjoys building high-performance infrastructure, automating wherever possible and working with Kubernetes at scale, this is an opportunity to take real ownership and make a measurable impact. Click APPLY NOW, attach your FULL CV and contact details, and Ill be in touch ASAP. ??


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