Lead DevOps Engineer

Position Title: Lead DevOps Engineer

Location: Manchester/London/Cheltenham

Role Purpose:

We are looking for an experienced Lead DevOps Engineer to drive the design implementation and management of our cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines. This role requires strong expertise in DevOps best practices with a focus on automation security scalability and reliability. You will be responsible for optimizing our AWS environment managing Infrastructure as Code IaC with Terraform and Ansible and ensuring efficient CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.

As a key technical leader you will collaborate with development operations and security teams fostering a DevOps culture while mentoring engineers and driving continuous improvement.

Summary:

Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

• Architect implement and maintain AWSbased cloud infrastructure ensuring high availability security and scalability.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning configuration management and deployments using Terraform and Ansible.

CI/CD & Software Delivery

• Design build and optimize CI/CD pipelines with GitLab enabling seamless software delivery.

• Implement best practices for release management automated testing and deployment strategies.

Containerization & Orchestration

• Manage containerized applications using Docker ECS and Kubernetes (EKS).

• Optimize and maintain serverless FaaS architectures where applicable.

Security Networking & Monitoring

• Ensure secure infrastructure by implementing best practices in IAM VPC security and compliance.

• Manage AWS networking including VPC peering security groups and traffic routing.

• Implement observability solutions for monitoring logging and alerting.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and mentor DevOps engineers fostering a culture of collaboration knowledge sharing and best practices.

• Work closely with developers security teams and operations to align infrastructure with business needs.

What we are looking for in you:

Technical Expertise:

• Extensive DevOps experience in designing building and maintaining cloud infrastructure.

• Deep expertise in AWS (EC2 S3 RDS Lambda IAM VPC).

• Strong handson experience with Terraform IaC and Ansible (configuration management).

• Advanced CI/CD knowledge particularly with GitLab pipelines.

• Containerization & orchestration: Docker ECS and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).

• Proficiency in scripting & automation (Bash Python or Go).

• Networking & security best practices (VPC SSO/SAML IAM firewalls encryption).

Soft Skills

• Experience leading and mentoring engineers in an agile DevOpsfirst environment.

• Strong problemsolving and troubleshooting skills.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Ability to drive best practices standardization and continuous improvement.

This role offers an opportunity to lead highimpact projects work with cuttingedge DevOps technologies and contribute to a culture of automation efficiency and innovation.

Behaviours:

• Focusing on Clients and Customers.

• Working as One NCC.

• Always Learning.

• Being Inclusive and Respectful.

• Delivery Brilliantly.

• Enabling Performance

Why NCC Group

At NCC Group our mission is to create a more secure digital future. That mission underpins everything we do from our work with our incredible clients to groundbreaking research shaping our industry. Our teams partner with clients across a multitude of industries delving into securing new products and emerging technologies as well as solving complex security problems. As global leaders in cyber and escrow NCC Group is a peoplepowered business seeking the next group of brilliant minds to join our ranks.

Our colleagues are our greatest asset and NCC Group is committed to providing an inclusive and supportive work environment that fosters creativity collaboration authenticity and accountability. We want colleagues to put down roots at NCC Group and we offer a comprehensive benefits package as well as opportunities for learning and development and career growth. We believe our people are at their brilliant best when they feel bolstered in all aspects of their wellbeing and we offer wellness programs and flexible working arrangements to provide that vital support.

What do we offer in return

We have a highperformance culture which is balanced evenly with worldclass wellbeing initiatives and benefits;

Flexible working

Financial & Investment

• Pension

• Life Assurance

• Share Save Scheme

• Maternity & Paternity leave

Community & Volunteering Programmes