DevOps Engineer

Help deliver national-scale high-impact technology solutions that make the UK smarter safer cleaner and healthier.

Youll work cross-functionally with developers testers user-centred designers delivery managers and data scientists to deliver secure scalable and high-performing solutions while shaping DevOps practices across our projects teams and clients.

This is your chance to apply your expertise in automation scalability security and cloud-native engineering to real-world challenges while shaping DevOps practices across our projects teams and clients.

At Informed Solutions youll work with a talented driven team of problem solvers innovators and builders who thrive on solving complex challenges in meaningful ways.

At a certified Great Place to Work youll experience a dynamic and nurturing environment that rewards initiative and flexibility and enjoy a career path tailored to your own aspirations.

About Us

Founded in 1992 we are a successful growing International digital transformation consultancy. We deliver multi-Queens Award for innovation winning platforms and services that support large-scale digital transformation. Our digital data and technology solutions are used by globally recognised public and private sector brands operating in a variety of sectors including Civil Defence Healthcare Sustainable Environment and Land Asset Management and Digital Democracy.

Why Join Us

• Purpose-driven projects: Deliver impactful tech for good solutions in healthcare civil defence sustainability digital democracy and more.

• Influence at scale: Help define and embed DevOps best practice across engineering teams and client environments.

• Growth and recognition: Shape your own career path supported by InformedACADEMY and opportunities to mentor lead and innovate.

• Award-winning innovation: Be part of a consultancy recognised with multiple Queens Awards for Innovation.

As a Senior / Lead DevOps Engineer you will:

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for deploying software and infrastructure through to production collaborating closely with developers testers user-centred designers delivery managers data scientists and clients.

• Apply zero-downtime deployment strategies to ensure reliability and resilience across projects and teams.

• Use Infrastructure as Code to build manage and evolve cloud environments at scale.

• Engage directly with clients understanding their needs and translating them into robust secure and scalable DevOps solutions.

• Drive adoption of DevOps best practices mentoring colleagues guiding client teams and influencing delivery outcomes.

• Improve security posture with automated monitoring vulnerability detection and patching working alongside relevant stakeholders.

• Actively shape company-wide standards tools and approaches for DevOps incorporating input from cross-functional teams and clients.

• Stay ahead of the curve by bringing new ideas tools and techniques into our work supporting teams and clients in applying them effectively

Key Skills:

• AWS DevOps engineering at scale with deep knowledge of automation distributed systems and container orchestration

• Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation) and cloud-native CI/CD tools (e.g. GitHub Actions CodeBuild CodePipeline).

• Designing and operating .secure scalable and high-performance systems

• Leading and mentoring engineers embedding DevOps culture and practice.

• Agile delivery environments (Scrum GDS Agile phases etc.).

• Ability to build strong client relationships explain complex technical concepts and guide client teams in adopting DevOps practices.

Desirable skills:

• Experience working in a professional services or consultancy environment with proven client-facing responsibility

• Multi-cloud experience (Azure GCP).

• Awareness and/or experience of Service Standards and Technology Code of Practice.

• Experience delivering as part of multiple projects concurrently across client and internal teams.

Personal Qualities:

• Hands-on with a strong DevOps mindset.

• Analytical and inquisitive: you challenge assumptions and find better ways forward.

• Collaborative and adaptable: thriving in cross-functional teams.

• Strong communicator: able to simplify complex ideas for different audiences.

• A natural leader: guiding by example and influencing positive change.

Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.

These can include:

• InformedACADEMY We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes including support with professional certifications.
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need including 24/7 GP services mental health support and physical health support.
• Hybrid working*
• Private Health Care Cover*
• Generous life assurance cover*
• Gym Membership*
• Monthly office lunch
• Onsite massage sessions
• 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays*
• Sabbatical Leave Scheme*
• Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay*
• Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay*
• Company Pension Contribution
• Profit Share Scheme
• Payment of professional subscriptions
• Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals

*Qualifying period applies

Culture

We are proud to nurture a workplace culturethat is diverse inclusive rewarding and egalitarian.

We strive to live up to our values of Innovation Excellence and Integrity by thinking about things differently always doing our best and acting in good faith at all times.

Were a team of passionate problem solvers. We take pride in helping our clients accelerate and de-risk digital business change so that we can collaborate and codesign world class digital services that solve complex business and safety critical problems particularly where place location or geography are important.

Our workplace culture reflectshow we go about our work the type of work that we choose to do and our commitment and contribution to the sustainable social environmental and economic development aims of the communities that we are part of.

We focus both on technical skills and equally importantly on the cultural fit of prospective new colleagues. Our success relies on fostering an environment where creativity and collaboration produces great outcomes for our people our clients and our partners.