Lead Platform Engineer / DevOps Manager

Permanent

Job Reference
Lead DevOps Engineer / Manager
Job Type
Permanent
Location
Area
UK Wide
Salary Details
£90k – £110k
Start Date
ASAP
Key Skills
DevOps, Platform Engineering
Consultant
Peter Hirst
peter.hirst@deerfoot.co.uk
07917 725773

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Job description

Lead DevOps Engineer / Manager
£85k – £120k (DoE) + Benefits
UK Countrywide

As a trusted, approved and preferred recruitment partner to this prestigious organisation, we have been asked to assist in the recruitment of a Lead DevOps / Platform Engineer / Manager. The focus of this role will be to support clients in delivering highly available, scalable enterprise solutions on IAAS/PAAS platforms, using a blend of your technical expertise and leadership skills


The ideal candidates will be SC/DV cleared or be eligible for security clearance.

Responsibilities:
As part of the platform engineering leadership group, you will be fully engaged in defining functions and business strategy, looking for new business opportunities to grow the team with your allocated client and with our market unit around new opportunities.
• Actively working with market units and multi-cloud vendor partnerships to win new work on digital IaaS, PaaS, SaaS solution strategies, designs, and delivery programmes.
• Working with clients in transforming their business by delivering solutions and methodologies following best practice.
• Identifying the best technologies and services upon consideration of the client’s needs, constraints and strategies.
• You will be expected to evangelise standards, patterns and best practices for infrastructure and system components.
• Participating in workshops, recommending solutions, presenting proposed solutions to prospective clients and contributing content to proposals.
• Growing the brand through parallel internal and external workstreams.


Key Skills:
• Solid experience in cloud and serverless technologies along with proven technical background across the software development lifecycle which resonates with a high level of DevOps maturity.
• Strong communication skills; with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly and concisely
• Substantial business experience in delivering projects through to a successful completion.
• Academic achievements in relation to computer science, formal education and / or certifications.
• Proven leadership skills, and capable of building and managing technical and team strategy for senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience and appropriate training for team management.

Lead DevOps Engineer / Manager
£85k – £120k (DoE) + Benefits
UK Countrywide

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