DevOps Lead Engineer

4 days ago

London, United Kingdom Head Resourcing Full time
Lead DevOps Engineer (Hybrid 2 days per week in London)
Head Resourcing is pleased to be partnering with one of the UK's leading retail banks, seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join their dynamic team in London. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to large-scale, distributed systems with a focus on Kubernetes, as well as Azure and GCP cloud platforms.
In this hybrid role, you will take on leadership responsibilities, coaching and mentoring peers while remaining hands-on to tackle complex technical challenges. Your focus will be on ensuring high system reliability, optimizing services, and driving automation.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead a team of engineers, guiding and mentoring them, while setting an example through hands-on contributions in DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
Collaborate on building resilient, distributed systems on public cloud infrastructure with a strong emphasis on Azure, and extending to GCP.
Drive architectural simplicity and operational excellence by minimizing manual interventions through automation and scaling cloud services.
Work on optimising and migrating existing systems to Azure, utilizing Azure PaaS and IaaS, with a future focus on GCP integration.
Apply deep Kubernetes expertise to troubleshoot and enhance services within the K8s ecosystem, including experience with Istio and service mesh technologies like Envoy.
Areas of Focus:
Kubernetes: Extensive experience in managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes environments, with a focus on Istio service mesh and Envoy.
Helm: Authoring and maintaining Helm charts, leveraging Helmfile to manage deployments.
SRE Mindset: Strong familiarity with SRE practices, including defining and managing Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Objectives (SLOs), and Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Automation & DevOps Tooling: Expertise with CI/CD tools, including Azure DevOps, Terraform, and ARM Templates, and solid experience in automating deployment processes.
Container Management: Proficient in Docker, with a focus on security scanning using tools like Aquasec.
Cloud Platforms: Strong knowledge of Azure and experience with cloud-native services, with an eventual goal to extend expertise to GCP.
Resiliency & Disaster Recovery: Experience in Chaos Engineering, implementing resiliency strategies, and leading disaster recovery planning.
Networking & Security: Hands-on experience managing network layers (L3-L7), DNS, and public key infrastructure (PKI).Key Skills & Qualifications:
A seasoned professional with a strong background in SRE or DevOps, able to provide in-depth mentorship and technical leadership.
Extensive experience with Kubernetes, ideally within Azure AKS environments, with familiarity in Istio.
Proficiency in at least two programming or scripting languages such as Python, Java, Bash, Go, or PowerShell.
Strong expertise in DevOps tools like Azure DevOps, GitHub, SonarQube, Nexus, and Git.
Experience in technical architecture, microservices, and designing code-based CI/CD pipelines.
Salary:
Up to £118k depending on experience
Benefits:
Bonus
Pension
Hybrid:
2 days per week in London
If this sounds like you we would like to hear from you

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