DevOps Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 45,000 per year

Requirements:

• Proven experience designing, implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines within enterprise environments.
• Strong automation experience across build, deployment, configuration and environment management activities.
• Experience working with source control, branching strategies, release management and modern software delivery practices.
• Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps, Git-based workflows and YAML-driven pipeline automation.
• Experience with scripting and automation using technologies such as PowerShell, Python or Bash.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible or similar technologies.
• Experience supporting enterprise applications, APIs, databases and service-oriented architectures.
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift and Helm.
• Experience implementing monitoring, logging, alerting and observability solutions.
• A solid understanding of operational resilience, deployment risk management, incident investigation and continuous improvement practices.
• Experience working across both Windows and Linux environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a passion for reducing manual effort through automation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, operational and business teams.

Responsibilities:

• Designing, maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines that support safe, repeatable and auditable software releases.
• Automating build, deployment, configuration and environment management activities to reduce manual effort and improve delivery efficiency.
• Working with engineering teams to improve branching strategies, build validation, deployment readiness and release governance processes.
• Creating and maintaining Infrastructure as Code, deployment scripts, reusable templates and configuration standards.
• Enhancing observability through logging, monitoring, alerting, dashboards and operational telemetry.
• Supporting service reliability, resilience and operational readiness through proactive monitoring and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Investigating deployment failures, incidents and recurring operational issues, identifying root causes and implementing sustainable improvements.
• Embedding security, access control, secrets management and vulnerability management practices within delivery pipelines and deployment processes.
• Maintaining and improving development, test and release environments to support efficient software delivery.
• Supporting disaster recovery, business continuity and operational resilience activities.
• Contributing to DevOps standards, best practices and communities of practice, helping teams adopt consistent and scalable ways of working.
• Using operational and delivery metrics to identify opportunities for improvement and demonstrate measurable business value.

Technologies:

• Ansible
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• DevOps
• Docker
• Git
• Helm
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• OpenShift
• PowerShell
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• Windows
• Cloud
• Mobile

More:

We are Microlise, a Midlands-based technology company with over thirty years of experience, recently becoming a publicly listed company on the London Stock Exchange. Our software, telematics and proof-of-purchase solutions support leading grocery retailers, food logistics providers and well-known brands including JCB, Eddie Stobart, Carlsberg, Waitrose and Royal Mail. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract for a DevOps Engineer, offering the chance to make a significant impact on business-critical projects while working with modern technologies and a highly collaborative engineering team. We invest in our people through full training and support, private medical insurance, 33 days of holiday rising to 38 days, life assurance, employee discounts, wellbeing support, and a strong culture recognised by Great Place to Work as a Best Workplace in the UK for Development, Technology, Wellbeing and Women.

last updated 34 week of 2026