Aspect Resources
Manchester, Lancashire
13/11/2026
Contractor
Job Title: Digital Dev Ops Lead - SC Location: Hybrid - Leeds, Manchester, Blackpool, Newcastle, Sheffield or Birmingham (3 days/week on site) Daily Rate: £650/day (Umbrella - Maximum) Duration: 12 Months IR35 Status: Inside IR35 Security Clearance: SC Essential: AWS Or Azure exp Experience Microsoft fabric Stakeholder experience Desirable: Networking experience GIT LAB exp Own the overall DevOps process along with setting the strategies for products and the wider community. Contribute to the Engineering and Architecture Leads that will help ensure the systems are fit for purpose. With a focus on stability, availability and quality you will be accountable/responsible for the code and services your teams produce and administer. Provide support and technical leadership to a small team of DevOps Engineers along with providing oversight to the products and services they develop. Responsibilities: Responsible for contributing to providing advice and guidance to others in the organisation. Responsible for large blocks of work, employees in varied disciplines and with a wide span of leadership, breaking down user stories into tasks. Design and manage the tactics for building reusable libraries, templates and services and own the development of medium-long term strategies for product lines within your Functional and Professional Communities Lead a DevOps Engineering team providing support, technical leadership and guidance, creating a DevOps culture and implementing automation best practices. This will include coaching, mentoring and supporting your team, taking responsibility for their decision-making and their professional development. Communicate on a regular basis with a wide range of organisations and contacts internally and or externally, contributing to set strategic direction for DevOps teams and wider Engineering community Lead the sharing of knowledge, documentation and good practice with the wider Engineering community Work closely with senior officers, providing advice and suggesting courses of action, provide coaching, mentoring and support to Software and DevOps Engineer colleagues and peers Interdepartmental discussions and meetings with a wide variety of external bodies and organisations on a local, regional, national or international basis, leading community discussions about DevOps best practice within Engineering. Disability Confident As a Disability Confident employer, CLIENT encourages applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates. Applications from candidates who identify as having a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance. Armed Forces Covenant As a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant, CLIENT welcomes applications from veterans, service leavers, reservists and military spouses or partners. Applications from eligible candidates who meet the essential criteria for the role will be prioritised for review. Where application volumes are high, additional role-specific and desirable criteria may be applied as part of the shortlisting process which may include holding active security clearance. If you qualify for the above, please notify us