Lead DevOps Engineer
PA Consulting3 days ago
Belfast, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design and implement DevOps architecture and cloud infrastructure for client and internal projects.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, repositories, build automation, orchestration, and environment automation.
- Implement containerized, microservices, serverless, virtual machine, networking, storage, firewall, and cloud deployment solutions.
- Develop logging, monitoring, alerting, high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery capabilities.
- Work with clients and multiple stakeholders to solve problems and provide technical consulting.
- Own or influence development processes across pods and establish robust methods and patterns.
- Coach and mentor team members.
- Contribute to bids, proposals, client presentations, and account management activities.
Requirements
- 8-10+ years of DevOps experience.
- Expertise in architecture and knowledge of software development and delivery processes.
- Experience working with cloud platforms, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, containers, monitoring, networking, and serverless technologies.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical, collaboration, communication, and consulting skills.
- Experience serving as a key client contact and working with multiple stakeholders.
- Willingness and ability to coach and mentor teams and contribute to bids or formal client selection processes.
- Applicants for applicable UK roles may need UK security clearance and at least five years of continuous UK residency; all employees undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard background checks.
Benefits
- Hybrid working with at least two days per week in the office or on a client site, with some assignments requiring up to five days per week on a client site.
- Technical and non-technical training budget plus opportunities to gain certifications.
- Private healthcare for employees and their families.
- 25 days of annual leave plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve, with the option to buy five additional days.
- Generous company pension scheme.
- Community and charity initiative opportunities.
- Annual performance-based bonus and PA share ownership.
- Tax-efficient benefits including cycle-to-work and give-as-you-earn schemes.
- Support for physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being.
Tech Stack
AnsibleAWSAzureChefDockerGitGoogle Cloud PlatformJenkinsKubernetesOpenShiftPuppetSplunkSubversionTerraform
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About PA Consulting
PA Consulting is a management and technology consultancy that designs and delivers strategy, digital systems, and physical products for public- and private-sector clients. It works across defense and security, government, health and life sciences, financial services, energy and utilities, consumer, and transport markets. Founded in 1943 and headquartered in London, it operates globally and is majority-owned by Jacobs.