Job Description

Posted 2 weeks ago

Senior DevOps Engineer – Contract (Inside IR35)
Location: Remote
Rate: £550 per day (Inside IR35)
3-month contract

We are supporting a major IT service provider looking for a highly experienced DevOps Engineer to build, operate, and industrialise modern cloud‑native platforms across public and private cloud environments.

You will play a key role in designing and operating secure, reliable, and fully automated platform services that support our customers' digital transformation strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

Build, run, and continuously improve lab and production platforms across GCP (GKE / GKE On‑Prem / GDC) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF).
Operate Kubernetes clusters at scale, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, Day 0/1/2 automation, drift remediation, and reliability engineering.
Implement GitOps‑first operations using ArgoCD.
Enforce platform policies, configuration baselines, and compliance evidence collection.
Embed zero‑trust principles (MFA, IP allow‑listing, IAP, HA VPN) into pipelines and runtime
Implement enterprise-grade secrets lifecycle management using Akeyless.Required Skills & Experience:

CI/CD & IaC automation (GitHub Actions, Terraform Enterprise, Ansible Automation Platform)
Cluster lifecycle management & GitOps operations
TFE workspace/module design across VCF & GCP
Previous experience in Banking preferable
Secrets lifecycle & vault patterns (Akeyless)
Further information available upon application.

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