Senior DevOps Engineer
Amrod · Woodmead
Posted 11 August 2026
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Start free — we apply for you →As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will support the DevOps Lead Engineer by driving the hands-on implementation of our infrastructure automation and overall DevOps strategies. You will work alongside our Development and Infrastructure teams to optimize the development lifecycle and streamline internal processes. In addition to managing day-to-day DevOps processes, you will be a primary technical con
Duties & Responsibilities
Job Purpose
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will support the DevOps Lead Engineer by driving the hands-on implementation of our infrastructure automation and overall DevOps strategies. You will work alongside our Development and Infrastructure teams to optimize the development lifecycle and streamline internal processes. In addition to managing day-to-day DevOps processes, you will be a primary technical contributor to Amrod’s Overall DevOps environment, helping to build and shape our future technologies.
Key Performance Areas
DevOps Pipelines
- Maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines across Jenkins, Argo Workflows and GitOps.
- Reduce pipeline failures and build times through automation and optimisation.
- Ensure pipeline changes are tested, documented and reviewed before release.
DevOps Culture
- Promote GitOps, automation and shared ownership across delivery teams.
- Collaborate with teams to migrate legacy delivery processes to DevOps practices.
- Document and share DevOps standards, runbooks and lessons learned.
DevOps Delivery
- Deliver secure, repeatable deployments within agreed project timelines.
- Maintain Kubernetes environments, access controls and deployment health.
- Investigate delivery failures and implement corrective actions.
DevOps Operations
- Maintain stable, secure and available Kubernetes and DevOps platforms.
- Respond to incidents promptly and implement preventative improvements.
- Monitor platform health, capacity, certificates and access controls.
Desired Experience & Qualification
Role Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or in a similar role. (Minimum 5 years)
- Certification in DevOps and/or DevOps systems/tools are advantageous.
- Proficient in Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Argo-Workflows, Jenkins
- Proficient in Linux Environments
- Proficient with Jira, Bitbucket, Git systems
- Experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
- Knowledge of cloud services and infrastructure as code (IAC)
Competencies
- Excellent communication, problem-solving and time-management skills
- Must be able to perform individually and as part of a team
- Excellent analysis and troubleshooting skills, must be willing to learn and work with technologies not previously used.
- Amrod is a 24 hour organisation and there may be instances where you will be required to work after normal office hours.