- Company Name
- Capita
- Job Title
- Senior Devops Engineer
- Job Description
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Job title: Senior DevOps Engineer
Role Summary: Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and automated deployment pipelines for production software. Lead integration of infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and monitoring solutions while ensuring adherence to architectural standards and engineering ethics.
Expectations: • Minimum 4 years total engineering experience, 2+ years in a senior DevOps or similar role.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate progress, risks, and technical decisions to stakeholders and cross‑functional teams.
• Strong ownership, time‑management, and commitment to high‑quality deliverables.
• Ethical awareness of security, privacy, and AI‑related engineering principles.
Key Responsibilities: • Provision and manage cloud resources using Terraform and Python, ensuring repeatable, version‑controlled deployments.
• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (preferred Azure Pipelines) for automated, production‑ready deployments.
• Configure secure networking, access controls, and inter‑service connectivity to external client systems.
• Develop and run comprehensive testing (security, performance, monitoring) of deployed infrastructure.
• Architect event‑driven systems and non‑functional requirements such as scalability, resilience, and observability.
• Mentor peers, review code, and collaborate with development, security, and product teams.
Required Skills: • Terraform (core, modules, state management)
• Python scripting for automation and tooling
• SQL fundamentals (desirable)
• Cloud platforms: AWS (preferred), Azure (CI/CD familiarity)
• CI/CD pipeline design (Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)
• Networking, VPN, firewall, IAM, and secure design principles
• Infrastructure testing: security scans, compliance checks, monitoring set‑up
• System design: event‑driven architecture, microservices, and service mesh concepts
Required Education & Certifications: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Professional certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate/Professional, Terraform Certified Associate, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (preferred).
Edinburgh, United kingdom
Hybrid
Senior
16-01-2026