DevOps Engineer

CompanyLa Fosse

LocationEast Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Posted At3/6/2026

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Description

Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Hybrid (UK)

Employment Type: Full‑time

Salary: £70,000

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join a high‑performing technology team driving modern cloud adoption, scalable engineering practices and continuous delivery excellence.

In this role, you’ll work closely with development teams to build automated, reliable, secure and high‑quality environments across Development, Test, Pre‑Production and Production. You’ll play a key part in shaping cloud‑native solutions, optimising deployment processes, and supporting the evolution of our technology landscape.

If you love solving complex problems, introducing new technologies, and championing DevOps best practice, this is a fantastic opportunity to make a significant impact.

What You’ll Be Doing

Automating infrastructure creation and deployment using Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform)
Building, maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines (YAML) in Azure DevOps

Provisioning and configuring cloud resources across Azure (preferred), AWS, and GCP

Supporting on‑premise to cloud migration initiatives

Managing application source control and enforcing branching strategies

Maintaining consistent, secure and anonymised test data processes

Implementing automated testing within build and release pipelines

Working with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration frameworks

Performance and volume testing support for development teams

Setting up and maintaining NuGet/NPM repositories, IIS, and Node.js environments

Monitoring and diagnostics using tools such as Dynatrace, Grafana, OTel

Advocating for and implementing DevSecOps practices

Creating and maintaining technical documentation

Mentoring junior engineers and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives

Participating in an on‑call rotation for critical systems

What We’re Looking For

Technical Skills

Strong hands‑on experience with Azure

Proficiency with Terraform for IaC

Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts)

Expert DevOps knowledge, including Agile and automation principles

Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker Compose

PowerShell and Bash scripting

Strong understanding of networking fundamentals

Experience with .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, Node.js and React (beneficial)

SQL Server and NoSQL database knowledge

Windows and Linux server administration

Experience working with microservices architectures

DevSecOps tooling – e.g., SonarCloud, Prisma Cloud, CrowdStrike

About You

Passionate about automation, efficiency and modern engineering practices
Comfortable working in fast‑paced, collaborative environments
Strong problem‑solver with excellent analytical skills
Confident communicator able to collaborate across diverse technical teams
Enjoys learning, experimenting and driving technical improvements
Able to mentor others and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

Why Join Us?

Work with modern cloud, DevOps and containerisation technologies

Freedom to propose new tools, approaches and innovations

Opportunities to influence technical direction

A supportive environment that encourages learning and experimentation

Exposure to a wide range of platforms, systems and architectural challenges

A chance to make a real impact on delivery speed, quality and reliability

If you’re a DevOps professional who loves cloud engineering, automation and modern tooling — and you want to be part of a team pushing forward with innovation — we’d love to hear from you.