DevOps Engineer – (Groovy/Java)

DevOps Engineer – (Groovy/Java)

Croydon – Hybrid remote working

Security clearance is essential (SC)

Up to £800 p/d Inside IR35

**Due to the nature of the programme, there is an extended vetting process to secure the relevant clearance to start on the project**

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a technical team supporting a government agency by supporting a modern cloud-native platforms and DevOps solutions.

This role is suited to a technically strong Senior Engineer with hands-on experience across Java/Groovy, Kubernetes and containerisation technologies. You will play a key role in delivering and maintaining robust CI/CD environments, supporting production services and helping drive engineering best practices.

You will also be expected to take ownership of complex technical tasks, contribute to solution design and support the development of more junior engineers through coaching and mentoring.

Key Skills & Experience – Essential

·Strong experience with Groovy and Java.

·Hands-on experience with Kubernetes.

·Experience working with Docker and containerised environments.

·Practical experience with Helm.

·Understanding of Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs), including cost, scalability and availability.

·Production support experience, including incident resolution, controlled changes, root cause analysis (RCA) and defect resolution.

·Administering Jenkins, including maintaining shared pipelines and libraries.

·Collaboration tools such as Git, Jira and Confluence, particularly administration.

·Keycloak or other OpenID Connect (OIDC) technologies.

·Monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

·Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.