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DevOps Engineer

Big Red RecruitmentCoalville, Leicestershire🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 8 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This on-site DevOps Engineer role offers a unique opportunity to build impactful technology that directly supports critical public safety services, with a competitive salary of £65,000. You'll thrive here if you're a mid-senior engineer eager to drive innovation, influence engineering standards, and contribute to a significant technological transformation within a reputable organization. Apply now to shape the future of DevOps and make a real-world difference.

Quick Overview

Salary
£65k/yr
Work Type
On Site
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

Build technology that matters. Join an engineering team delivering secure, highly available cloud platforms that support critical public safety services across the UK. Based in Leicestershire, you'll work on mission-critical systems where reliability, resilience and innovation are essential, playing a key role in modernising the technology behind services that make a real difference every day. Our client is a long-established UK technology business undergoing an exciting engineering transformation. With significant investment in cloud technologies, AI-assisted development and modern engineering practices, they're building a culture focused on innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement. This is a fantastic opportunity to influence engineering standards, introduce new ideas and help shape the future of DevOps within an organisation where your work has genuine real-world impact.DevOps Engineer Up to £65,000 Hybrid (Leicestershire - Tuesday & Wednesday Onsite) SC ClearanceRequired What You'll Be Doing
  • Design, build and improve secure AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Enhance CI/CD pipelines, automation and deployment reliability.
  • Embed DevSecOps principles and security tooling into the software delivery lifecycle.
  • Improve observability, monitoring and platform resilience.
  • Drive automation and AI-assisted engineering practices.
  • Collaborate with Development, Infrastructure and Support teams to improve delivery and engineering standards.
  • Bring fresh ideas, challenge existing ways of working and help shape the future DevOps strategy.
What We're Looking For You'll ideally have experience with:
  • AWS and Terraform
  • Kubernetes (EKS desirable)
  • CI/CD pipelines and automation
  • Containerisation and Linux
  • DevSecOps, SAST/DAST and cloud security best practices
  • Monitoring, logging and observability
  • Agile/Scrum environments
Must be able to achieve Security Clearance to agreed National levels Clean driving license and have access to a vehicle for use. Must already have the permanent right to work in the UK Proof of your eligibility to work in the UK.

Skills

AWS
Scrum
Agile
Kubernetes
Terraform

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