Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer | Newcastle | On-site | £90,000–£120,000 + Bonus

A high-growth technology consultancy is launching a brand-new consulting practice and is looking for experienced Senior DevOps Engineers to help build its DevOps capability from the ground up.

This is a rare opportunity to join at the start of a greenfield business where you'll design secure cloud infrastructure, build modern automation platforms and influence the tooling, architecture and operational strategy behind mission-critical technology programmes.

You'll work alongside exceptional Software Engineers, Data Engineers and Technical Consultants to deliver highly secure, cloud-native solutions while helping shape the future of the engineering practice.

The Role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you'll design, automate and maintain secure cloud and on-premise environments while driving DevOps best practice across the engineering lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities:

• Designing secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure or GCP
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi
• Deploying and managing containerised platforms using Docker and Kubernetes
• Developing automation using Python, Bash or PowerShell
• Improving monitoring, observability and operational resilience using Grafana, Prometheus, ELK or OpenTelemetry
• Collaborating with Software and Data Engineers to deliver scalable cloud platforms
• Supporting greenfield projects and helping define DevOps standards and tooling

What We're Looking For:

We're looking for experienced DevOps Engineers with hands-on expertise across modern cloud infrastructure and automation.

You'll ideally have experience with:

• AWS, Azure or GCP
• Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi
• Docker and Kubernetes
• CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI or Azure DevOps)
• Python, Bash or PowerShell
• Monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK or OpenTelemetry
• Building secure, scalable production environments
• Working within Agile engineering teams

This is a unique opportunity for experienced DevOps Engineers who thrive on solving complex technical challenges, enjoy building modern cloud platforms from the ground up, and want to play a key role in shaping a rapidly growing engineering practice.