DevOps Engineer

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a DevOps Engineer to work for our client within the public sector. This is initially a 7-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Leeds.

Our client is looking for a talented DevOps Engineer to help design, implement, and manage their cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines. This role will require you to work closely with developers and IT teams to enhance our development and operational processes, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability of our applications. The client is keen to find someone who can support 13 Legacy Data Platforms running on Windows Server and SQL Server.

Responsibilities

• Respond and resolve incidents promptly
• Troubleshoot & diagnose to minimise downtime and impact on users
• Lead RCAs to identify underlying causes of recuring problems or events
• Setting up, fixing, improving deployment pipelines and CI/CD
• Monitor the performance and health of systems and infrastructure, ensuring they run efficiently
• Manage and maintain infrastructure components, ensuring scalability, reliability and security
• Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline repetitive tasks and improve efficiency
• Perform regular maintenance and updates to prevent issues
• Onboard a new Data Platform (eCollection) into the Run and Maintain team

Requirements

• Must be eligible for SC Clearance
• Experienced in driving DevOps including tools, ways of working, and culture
• Able to facilitate information/business knowledge
• Able to act as a business SME and understand what the business needs & how to support this into an efficient DevOps team
• Effective Stakeholder Management
• Ability to negotiate and influence with stakeholders to ensure the service runs effectively & efforts are placed correctly
• Able to speak to stakeholders and be able to transfer business requirements into technical implementation

Technical Requirements

• Experienced in working with Windows Servers and SQL Servers
• Proven experience in Python, Terraform and SQL
• Expert in AWS services and CI/CD pipeline creation and maintenance
• Experienced in work with Cloud technologies and specifically AWS
• SQL programming
• Experienced working in Agile (Scrum and Kanban)
• Experienced in Jira Store artefacts / information in Confluence
• Github

Why join us?

• Career coaching and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more
• Access to the Buy As You Earn share scheme

About FDM

We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.