Job Description

Posted 2 weeks ago

Role: DevOps Manager

Location: Remote

Working Arrangement:

UK-based preferred

Salary: Up to £70k plus benefits

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to take full control of the build, release, and deployment landscape for a suite of Java-based enterprise applications.

You’ll be the one making sure everything flows as it should-from code commit through to deployment- smoothly, reliably, and without drama.

Pipelines breaking? Fix them.

Builds taking too long? Speed them up.

Manual processes creeping in? Automate them away.

You’ll be working closely with developers, QA, and project teams, but this is very much a hands-on role where you’ll have the freedom to own the DevOps space and shape how things are done.

The environment you’re stepping into is a well-established software house with a strong Java focus. There’s a solid foundation in place, but plenty of opportunity to improve, optimise, and modernise how things are done-especially around automation, documentation, and future cloud strategy.

Day to day, you’ll be getting stuck into things like:

Building and refining CI/CD pipelines for Java applications

Integrating IBM EWM/RTC into automated workflows

Maintaining and improving scripts that handle server installs and upgrades

Embedding code quality checks through SonarQube

Managing Maven-based builds and release processes

Packaging and deploying applications into Wildfly and SQL Server environments

Working with engineers to remove bottlenecks in the delivery process

Documenting everything clearly so nothing lives only in your head

The tech for this mission is:

Java & Maven

IBM EWM / RTC

CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

SonarQube

InstallAnywhere

Wildfly & Microsoft SQL Server

Scripting (Bash, Python, Groovy)

There’s also a bit of a “what next?” element to this role.

If you’ve got experience (or interest) in Docker, Kubernetes, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), or Infrastructure as Code, you’ll have the chance to influence where things go next- particularly as the business looks at evolving its infrastructure.

This is one of those roles where you won’t be buried in tickets all day.

You’ll have the space to step back, look at the bigger picture, and improve systems properly- not just patch over cracks. If something’s inefficient, you fix it. If something’s missing, you build it.

You’ll need to be someone who genuinely enjoys making systems better. Someone who spots problems before they become problems, and takes pride in clean, reliable, well-documented solutions.

It’s a fully remote setup, flexible, and built around trust. No micromanagement, no unnecessary noise—just a team focused on building solid software properly.

If you like the idea of owning the DevOps function and making a real impact across how software is delivered, this could be right up your street.

If this sounds like it was made for you, get in touch and let’s have a chat about your next move.

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