Lead DevOps Engineer
Salary: £30,000 - 70,000 per year
Requirements:- Demonstrable experience in provisioning, configuring, and maintaining AWS Cloud environments, with a focus on large-scale, mission-critical infrastructures.
- In-depth expertise in a wide range of AWS service offerings, including Compute, Management & Governance, Storage, Security, Identity & Compliance, Networking & Content Delivery, FinOps, Containers, and Database products.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK, with a proven track record of automating cloud infrastructure deployments.
- Advanced knowledge of containerization technologies and orchestration platforms like Docker and Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) or ECS.
- Expertise in defining, implementing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, and others, applying best practices for pipeline efficiency and security.
- Strong background in networking, Linux or Windows administration, with the ability to architect secure, performant, and highly available cloud solutions.
- Proficiency with monitoring and log analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or New Relic, to maintain observability and ensure operational excellence.
- Demonstrated leadership skills in managing complex, high-pressure situations and guiding teams through incident resolution.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with proven experience engaging with senior stakeholders.
- Relevant AWS certifications.
- Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet, Ansible) and implementing best practices for configuration management and automation.
- Deep understanding of Cloud Landing Zone concepts and best practices for enterprise-scale cloud adoption.
- Lead the design, deployment, and management of scalable and reliable AWS Cloud infrastructures, driving automation and optimizing DevOps processes.
- Develop and implement advanced CI/CD strategies to support complex, large-scale cloud solutions on AWS.
- Engage directly with clients to provide technical expertise, offer solutions to complex cloud challenges, and act as a trusted advisor in their cloud journey.
- Lead technical discussions with developers and stakeholders, influencing architectural decisions and setting DevOps standards across teams.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives by automating repetitive tasks, remediating technical debt, and identifying opportunities for optimization.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
- Stay up to date with the latest cloud technologies, DevOps tools, and industry trends, recommending new approaches to enhance our services.
- AWS
- Ansible
- Architect
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- CloudWatch
- Datadog
- DevOps
- Docker
- ELK
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Grafana
- Support
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Prometheus
- Puppet
- Security
- Terraform
- Windows
- Network
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We are easyJet, a FTSE-250 listed, multi-billion low-cost airline serving tens of millions of customers each year across more than 1,207 routes and 38 countries in Europe. We employ more than 18,000 colleagues and are on a mission to make low-cost travel easy. Our promise behaviours are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. You will join our expanding Platform Engineering Practice in a Senior DevOps Engineer role, supporting cloud modernisation and optimisation for our clients. We offer a vibrant and inclusive workplace with a competitive base salary, up to 20% annual bonus potential, 25 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, a flexible benefits package, discounted staff travel for friends and family, annual credit for easyJet holidays, a Work Away scheme allowing 30 days working abroad each year, and an electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme. We operate a hybrid working policy with 40%-60% of the month spent with colleagues. This role does not meet the criteria for visa sponsorship.
last updated 35 week of 2026