DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer

DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer - Detailed Job Description

Role Overview

An opportunity for a DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer to play a key role in delivering and supporting mission-critical systems within a highly automated environment. You will take ownership of the infrastructure layer, ensuring systems are secure, scalable, resilient, and fully aligned to customer and project requirements.

This role blends hands-on engineering with architectural design, working across the full lifecycle-from initial solution design through to deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimisation. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, delivery teams, support functions, and customer IT stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Architecture & Design

• Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments
• Define compute, storage, networking, virtualisation, and disaster recovery architectures
• Produce technical documentation including solution designs, network diagrams, and sizing specifications
• Align infrastructure designs with customer IT policies, security standards, and operational constraints

DevOps & Deployment

• Own and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support consistent, automated software delivery
• Manage build, release, and deployment processes across development, staging, and production environments
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent
• Drive best practices for environment consistency, configuration management, and release governance

Cyber Security & Compliance

• Ensure infrastructure is secure by design, incorporating system hardening and access controls
• Manage vulnerability remediation, patching strategies, and security updates
• Embed security within the software delivery lifecycle (DevSecOps principles)
• Support audits and ensure compliance with recognised frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials)
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis for security and infrastructure-related events

Monitoring, Reliability & Support

• Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability across infrastructure and applications
• Define SLAs/SLOs and ensure systems meet availability and performance requirements
• Provide 3rd line support and escalation for complex infrastructure issues
• Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, and reliability improvements

Lifecycle & Maintenance

• Manage patching cycles across operating systems, databases, and middleware
• Maintain infrastructure inventory, documentation, and lifecycle roadmaps
• Develop disaster recovery plans and operational runbooks
• Ensure systems remain supportable, secure, and up to date throughout their lifecycle

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering roles
• Expertise in Linux and Windows Server administration
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and version control (Git)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or similar)
• Scripting/automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Knowledge of virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Understanding of networking concepts (VLANs, firewalls, VPNs) and enterprise storage
• Experience with databases and messaging systems (PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ)
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Strong understanding of cyber security best practices, patching, and vulnerability management
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience working in industrial, manufacturing, or logistics environments
• Knowledge of warehouse or automation systems and integrations (ERP, WMS, PLC/SCADA)
• Cloud experience (Azure) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with ITIL processes (incident, change, problem management)
• Relevant certifications (e.g., VMware, Security+, CISSP, Terraform)

Personal Attributes

• Strong ownership and accountability for delivering robust infrastructure solutions
• Pragmatic problem-solver with the ability to balance technical excellence and delivery timelines
• Effective communicator able to bridge software, infrastructure, and customer stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a project-driven, customer-facing environment
• Flexible approach with occasional travel and out-of-hours support for deployments

Summary

This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-availability systems where infrastructure is critical to operational success. You will play a central role in shaping DevOps practices, improving system reliability, and delivering high-quality solutions across a range of technically challenging environments.

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