Lead DevOps Engineer - Alex James Digital : Job Details

Our client are a fast growth tech business.

They are entering an exciting new phase focused on integrating and transitioning into group-wide infrastructure while continuing to build and maintain cutting-edge solutions.

This is a unique opportunity to take on a leadership role, guiding a team of talented DevOps Engineers while driving the strategic adoption and enhancement of thegroup toolbox to ensure it meets business needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership & Strategy:

• Lead and mentor a team of DevOps Engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Define and implement the strategic roadmap for DevOps initiatives, ensuring alignment with group-wide infrastructure and tools.
• Advocate for and lead the adoption of the toolbox, identifying gaps and driving enhancements to meet specific organisational requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across development, operations, and security teams to align infrastructure strategy with business goals.

Infrastructure & Operations:

• Oversee the design, implementation, and maintenance of infrastructure, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.
• Support, monitor, and enhance the live infrastructure and platform solutions, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Plan and execute the integration ofcurrent infrastructure into group-wide cloud platform while minimising disruptions.
• Lead the migration of infrastructure from AWS to Google Cloud Platform (GCP), ensuring a smooth transition and leveraging GCP services effectively.
• Recommend changes to improve infrastructure, working practices, and operational efficiency.

DevOps & Security:

• Establish and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, collaborating closely with development teams to streamline deployment processes.
• Lead initiatives to maintain and enhance security posture, ensuring compliance with industry standards and frameworks (e.g., SOC-2, ISO 27001).
• Diagnose and resolve infrastructure outages and incidents, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis.

Documentation & Best Practices:

• Ensure comprehensive documentation of infrastructure, systems, and processes to support onboarding, troubleshooting, and scalability.
• Promote and implement DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) best practices across the organisation.

Essential Skills & Experience:

Leadership:

• Proven experience leading a team of DevOps or Infrastructure Engineers, with strong coaching and mentoring skills.
• Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical contributions.

Technical Expertise:

• Strong Linux systems administration experience, including firewalls and hardening.
• Expertise in Docker and container orchestration.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.
• Experience with network design, administration, and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, Node.js, PHP).
• Experience with version control systems, ideally Git.
• Web server configuration (Apache, Nginx).
• Database management (MySQL, MongoDB), including high availability and backup solutions.
• Hands-on experience managing cloud providers, with significant experience in AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Familiarity with GCP services such as Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Cloud Storage, BigQuery, and IAM.
• Familiarity with configuration management and IT automation tools.
• Strong understanding of DevOps and SRE principles.

Soft Skills:

• Self-motivated, highly organised, and capable of driving initiatives from concept to delivery.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with serverless infrastructure (e.g., AWS Fargate, Lambda, GCP Cloud Functions).
• Proficiency in TypeScript.
• Knowledge of security frameworks such as SOC-2, ISO 27001, or Cyber Essentials.

Offer:

• The opportunity to lead and shape the future of DevOps within a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Exposure to strategic projects involving group-wide integration with a global organisation.
• A collaborative, innovative culture that values your ideas and contributions.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.