DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer | Jacobs | Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

About The Company

Jacobs is a global professional services company working to solve complex challenges and help create a more connected, sustainable world. In our Digital & Data community, you will work alongside specialists in engineering, design, product, data, and delivery to develop meaningful digital solutions for clients and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams combine strategic thinking, human-centred design, and modern engineering practices to deliver services that make a positive difference.

At Jacobs, people are at the heart of our work. Our Culture of Caring supports an environment where employees can bring their authentic selves, share different perspectives, and develop their skills. We believe inclusive teams are better equipped to create innovative solutions and deliver lasting value.

About The Role

As a DevOps Engineer, you will design, build, automate, and optimise cloud-native platforms and delivery pipelines that support critical digital services. You will work in agile, multidisciplinary teams to create secure, scalable, and resilient cloud environments, while helping development teams deliver high-quality services more efficiently.

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with clients, architects, developers, and technical stakeholders on complex business and engineering challenges. You will contribute to cloud adoption, platform modernisation, and legacy workload migration, while championing continuous improvement and practical DevOps ways of working. The position is based in Manchester and supports work in the Digital & Data community, including national security and defence projects.

Qualifications

You will bring demonstrable experience delivering DevOps or platform engineering solutions in agile environments, along with strong AWS expertise and the ability to support cloud-native and serverless architectures. Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CDK, and building CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and modern source control practices, is important.

You should have experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm, as well as a strong understanding of logging, monitoring, and observability. Knowledge of cloud security, networking, infrastructure, and high-availability design is also valuable. Experience supporting deployments across Linux and cloud-hosted environments, plus Bash scripting skills, will help you succeed; Python or TypeScript experience is advantageous.

Strong communication skills are essential, including the ability to explain technical concepts and collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Candidates must be eligible for, or currently hold, SC Security Clearance. Experience with enterprise or multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, Dynatrace, regulated environments, or mentoring engineers would be beneficial. We also value curiosity and a genuine interest in learning emerging technologies and practices.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain secure AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code. Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines to increase deployment speed, reliability, and quality. Deploy and manage containerised applications using Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker, and implement observability, monitoring, and alerting that provide useful operational insight.

Collaborate with clients and delivery teams to solve technical and business challenges, support cloud adoption and platform modernisation, and help migrate legacy workloads. Promote engineering excellence and continuous improvement, coach client teams in DevOps practices, and contribute to Jacobs’ Digital & Data community through knowledge sharing, mentoring, and collaboration.

Benefits

• Jacobs offers a supportive, flexible working environment designed to help employees do their best work.
• Our hybrid working policy enables employees to divide their time between Jacobs offices or project locations and remote work, depending on role and delivery needs.
• You can access opportunities for professional growth, learning, and collaboration, alongside wellbeing support and participation in our global giving and volunteering programme.
• Our culture encourages connection through employee networks, communities of practice, and initiatives that help colleagues build a sense of purpose and belonging.
• Jacobs is committed to supporting positive mental health and helping employees pursue their goals throughout their careers.

Equal Opportunity

Jacobs is committed to inclusion, belonging, and equal opportunity. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, career paths, and lived experiences, including people changing careers, returning to work, or living with a disability. We will interview disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy and welcome applications from candidates seeking flexible working. If you need reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please contact the Jacobs Careers Support team.