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DevOps Engineer - Defence & National Security
Location: Manchester city centre (Hybrid) + North West client sites
Salary: 60,000 - 90,000 per annum
Security: SC required to start, must be willing to obtain DV

Are you a DevOps engineer looking for work that makes a real difference? We're expanding a specialist team in Manchester and are looking for DevOps professionals from all technical backgrounds who want to apply their skills to impactful projects in Defence and National Security.

You'll play a key role in building and running secure, scalable platforms that support mission-critical services. We welcome engineers with different tech stack experience - what matters most is your passion for automation, reliability, and problem solving in a collaborative environment.

What you'll do

• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
• Build and manage cloud-native and containerised environments.
• Apply Infrastructure-as-Code, monitoring and Site Reliability Engineering principles to ensure resilience and performance.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and client stakeholders to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Share knowledge, contribute to a learning culture, and help shape the direction of a growing practice.

What we're looking for

• Hands-on experience in DevOps engineering, regardless of stack (e.g. AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD).
• Strong understanding of automation and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience working in Agile teams.
• Curiosity, adaptability and eligibility for UK National Security vetting at DV level.

Why this role?

• Work only on high-impact, mission-critical Defence projects.
• Join at the ground floor of a growing team, with real scope for influence and progression.
• Hybrid flexibility in a modern city-centre location.

If you want to grow your DevOps career while contributing to work of real national importance, we'd love to hear from you

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Responsibilities:

• DevelopandmaintainCI/CDpipelinesfromAzureDevOps
• Design,build,andmanageinfrastructureinAzure.
• DevelopandmaintaincollaborativetoolslikeJiraandtheirintegrationwithAzureDevOps,Mondaydotcom,Teamsetc.
• IntegratingAzureSSO/RBACintoallthecollaborationanddevelopmenttools.
• Implementmonitoring,logging,andalertingusingtoolslikePrometheus,Grafana,orELK
• ManagecontainerisedservicesusingDockerandKubernetes(EKS)
• Candidatewouldalsoberequiredtoaddfeaturesandsupportexistingsystem.

Skills:

• Provenhands-onexperiencewithMicrosoftAzure,includingnativeservicesandresourcemanagement.
• SolidunderstandingofDevOpsprinciplesandCI/CDpipelinedesign
• CI/CDtooling(AzureDevOps,GitHubActions,etc.)
• Git-basedworkflow(PR,Merges,Jirastatus,CIandthenCD).
• IaC(Terraform,ARM)
• Scripting(Python,PowerShell,Bash)
• Monitoringandalertingtools(e.g.Prometheus,Grafana,AzureMonitor).
• Collaborationtools(JiraandMonday dot com).
• IntegrationtoolslikePowerAutomate,Slacketc.
• GoodtohaveProgramminglanguage(C#/.Net/Python)

Job Title : DevSecOps Engineer
Location: Basingstoke – On-Site (Monday to Friday)
Clearance: DV (Developed Vetting) required before start

We are looking for a DevSecOps Engineer to join a cutting-edge programme supporting national defence initiatives. This is a full-time, on-site role based in Basingstoke, working with agile teams to implement and improve secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation for mission-critical systems.

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible and willing to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) clearance.

Working within a fast-paced and highly secure environment, you will contribute to one of the defence sector’s most advanced programmes. This role offers excellent opportunities for career growth, technical training, and direct impact on real-world defence operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Write and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Integrate and advise on the use of security tools (SCA/DAST/IAST), such as Black Duck, Coverity, Snyk, and JFrog.
• Implement automated testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Robot Framework).
• Support the configuration of secure secrets management using Azure DevOps and HashiCorp Vault.
• Work across both Linux and Windows environments.
• Support technical design decisions and ensure DevSecOps practices align with business and security objectives.
• Collaborate closely with scrum teams, DevSecOps leads, and other technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to re-usable IaC and automation artifacts and help other teams adopt best practices.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Experience with DevOps tooling and automation in secure environments.
• Proficient with CI/CD pipelines, Git, Terraform, Ansible, and security integration tools.
• Background in software development with strong problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of agile delivery and secure software engineering practices.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities.

Please note: This role is in support of sensitive defence projects. UK nationality and eligibility for DV clearance are mandatory.

This is an excellent opportunity to work on meaningful, high-impact projects while developing your skills in a highly collaborative and technically advanced environment.

DevOps Engineer | 50,000 - 55,000 | Remote / UK-based

Role Overview

We're looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our software development team, supporting systems that serve tens of thousands of customers. You'll play a key role in deploying, monitoring and operating our applications across critical production environments, with a direct impact on user experience, customer satisfaction and company growth.

Working in an agile environment, you'll collaborate with engineers, architects and product colleagues to design and maintain scalable, resilient infrastructure. You'll use modern tools such as AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes and Ansible, and bring a positive, organised and team-focused approach to solving complex problems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain infrastructure as code for development and production environments.
• Build, maintain and improve observability and monitoring solutions, ensuring system health and uptime, including participation in on-call rotation.
• Design, implement and optimise continuous delivery systems, advising development teams on resiliency, operability and best practices.
• Configure and administer advanced Kubernetes clusters (networking, storage, namespacing, multi-node groups).
• Configure and administer Kafka clusters with disaster recovery and data loss prevention mechanisms.
• Proactively identify points of failure in infrastructure and recommend improvements.
• Contribute to agile ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) to support delivery goals.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• 3+ years in a DevOps role, ideally within a SaaS environment.
• Strong background in distributed systems (load balancing, messaging, distributed databases).
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Expertise in cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
• Proven track record designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Git).
• Kubernetes cluster administration, including non-standard networking, storage classes and multi-node groups.
• Advanced Kafka administration, including topic configuration and disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of IP networking (TCP, UDP, firewalls, SSL).
• Familiarity with both Windows and Linux environments.
• Prior experience in application development, ideally SaaS and web-focused.
• Strong grasp of software engineering and design principles (patterns, event-driven architecture, CAP theorem).
• Security-minded approach at all levels.

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Exposure to monitoring and reporting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture.
• Interest in continuous learning and bringing new ideas to the team.

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Outside IR35

Fully Remote

500 - 600 per day

3 - 6 months initial duration

The Role

As anAzure Cloud Engineer , you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and managing cloud solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform. Your role will involve architecting cloud infrastructure, implementing security best practices, and optimising cloud resources for performance and cost-efficiency. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver robust and scalable cloud solutions.

You will provide expert guidance on cloud strategy, assist in cloud migration projects, and ensure that customer needs are met with the highest standards of service. Excellent stakeholder management skills are essential as you will interact with a broad spectrum of customers and internal team members, including direct interactions with senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Azure cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security
• Manage and optimize Azure resources for cost and performance efficiency
• Support cloud migration projects, including planning, execution, and post-migration support
• Implement and manage a range of Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure Databricks, Microsoft Sentinel and more
• Automate deployment and management processes using Azure Bicep (infrastructure as code) and tools such as Azure CLI and Azure DevOps
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability and performance
• Ensure compliance with security best practices and policies in the cloud environment
• Provide ongoing support and maintenance for cloud infrastructure
• Participate in the on-call rota, supporting managed service customers
• Develop and maintain internal policies, procedures, standards, baselines, and guidelines where applicable

Skills and Attributes Required

• Natural problem solver with excellent troubleshooting skills
• Ability to prioritise workload under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines
• Strong team player with excellent communication skills
• Enthusiastic, confident, and proactive
• Pleasant, friendly, and approachable manner with empathy for customers

Please apply with you most up to date CV.

IntaPeople are proud to be supporting a well-established organisation who require an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join as their cross functional Software Development team. This newly created role will complement an existing team of Engineers to help service offerings and elevate their DevOps capability.

This role plays a key part in the delivery of high-quality products within the software development team. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines and play a pivotal role in migration of current hosting to a full or hybrid cloud solution.

Working as part of a wider team, you will collaborate with other Ops Engineers, Software Developers, QA Engineers to streamline deployment and infrastructure management processes.

Essential Skills

• Experience working as DevOps Engineer (3-5+ years min)
li>Experience working in a Proxmox virtualization environment
• Strong experience with CI/CD practices and tools
• Experience Docker and Docker Swarm
• Experience working with tools such as Ansible GitHub Actions, Jenkins
•  Infrastructure as Code methodologies using Terraform/ OpenTofu, CloudFormation, or similar
li>Linux administration (Ubuntu/Debian)
• Bash /Powershell scripting

Responsibilities (at glance):

•  Design, implement, and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
li>Managing a Proxmox environment with linux based Docker hosts
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline
• Support and train technical staff in upskilling necessary for ongoing operations
• Monitor and ensure system reliability, availability, and performance using tools likeCloudWatch, Prometheus, Icinga2, Grafana, and Datadog
• Automate deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes

Desirable skills

• Travis CI
• Monitoring – Grafana, Icinga Prometheus
< i>Rabbit MQ/AMQP
• Working knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments
• Amazon Web Services (AWS): EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, IAM, ECS/EKS, Lambda
• Kubernetes
• DBMS experience such as MySQL or PostgreSQL

Having experience with microservices architecture, Amazon Web Services, PHP and JavaScript frameworks such as Vue.js would be highly desirable but not essential.

Role overview at a glance

• DevOps Engineer
• Office location – Ideally London or South Wales
< i>Flexible and remote working (expectations are 2days per week on site)
• A competitive starting salary of £75,00 - £80,000 depending on experience
< i>Annual bonus of up to 10% of your salary (performance-based)
• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
• Life Insurance

Plus extras such as, Cycle to work scheme/season ticket loan services/volunteering paid days and training budgets.

For more information or a confidential chat call Nathan Handley on (phone number removed).

Please note we’re unable to provide sponsorship on this position and candidates should only apply if they have the right to work without restriction in the UK.

Candidates will also be subject to financial and criminal record checks upon appointment due to the nature of the business.

DevOps Engineer
Location: UK (Fully Remote)
Salary: 60,000 - 100,000 (depending on experience) + benefits
Type: Full-time
We're looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to help build and maintain the infrastructure behind a suite of innovative data-driven products. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working with modern cloud-native technologies to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing systems.

You'll be instrumental in shaping deployment pipelines, improving system reliability, and supporting both internal engineering teams and external users. Collaboration, problem-solving, and a proactive mindset are key to success in this role.

What We're Looking For
* Proven experience designing and managing cloud infrastructure at scale.
* Strong knowledge of container orchestration and infrastructure-as-code.
* Solid understanding of cloud networking and architecture (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
* Experience with CI/CD systems and automated deployment workflows.
* Familiarity with observability and performance monitoring tools.
* Experience with data pipelines and workflow orchestration.
* Excellent communication and documentation skills.
* Alignment with SRE principles and a passion for automation and reliability.
* Security-first approach to infrastructure and operations.
* Ideally degree-educated in a STEM discipline or a closely related field.
* This role is well-suited for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced startup environment, where adaptability and initiative are highly valued.

Tech Stack
* Languages & Frameworks: Java, Python, Next.js
* Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm
* Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
* CI/CD Tools: GitHub Actions
* Monitoring & Logging: Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Sentry
* Workflow Orchestration: Argo Workflows
* Version Control: Git

Key Responsibilities
* Architect and manage cloud infrastructure to support scalable and secure application deployments.
* Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline development and release processes.
* Monitor and optimize system performance using modern observability tools.
* Support and enhance data processing workflows using event-driven orchestration.
* Troubleshoot production issues and implement solutions to ensure system stability.
* Document infrastructure and promote best practices across teams.
* Embed security and compliance into infrastructure design and operations.


Beneficial
* Experience with cloud security practices (IAM, container hardening, etc.).
* Familiarity with tools like Trivy, Semgrep, Checkov, or OWASP ZAP.
* Exposure to regulatory frameworks such as SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, or GDPR.
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**Must have 5 years unbroken UK residency**

As an OpenShift Engineer, you will be responsible for the deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of Red Hat OpenShift clusters. You will leverage automation tools and CI workflows to ensure consistent, secure, and scalable platform operations across environments.
Responsibilities:

• Deploy, manage, and upgrade OpenShift clusters in on-prem or cloud environments.
• Automate infrastructure and cluster configuration using Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Manage application deployment workflows using Operators and CI/CD practices via GitHub.
• Ensure platform reliability, performance, and security through proactive monitoring and maintenance.
• Implement and manage RBAC, network policies, and secure image handling.
• Collaborate with developers and DevOps teams to support containerised workloads.

Required Skills:

• Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes
• Terraform, Ansible, Helm, GitHub, OpenShift Operators
• CI/CD practices and integration
• Podman and container image management
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) administration and troubleshooting
• Monitoring and logging
• Scripting and automation for operational efficiency
• Using Elastic Container Registry

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