DevOps Engineer

Job

Location:

Birmingham : 1 Trinity Park :
Bi

Position Category:
Information Technology

Position Type:
Employee Regular

LRQA is a global assurance provider with operations in over 100+ countries and a mission to delight our customers. We have a diverse portfolio of assurances activities that range from Security, ESG and Supply Chain, and many more.

As a Dev Ops Engineer, you will act as an ambassador for Dev Ops principles within the company, driving process improvements and advancing automation across the SDLC for both infrastructure and software delivery. You will focus on optimizing the speed, scalability, and security of deployments, ensuring that production releases are stable and reliable. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines, establishing monitoring and alerting systems, and leading incident management efforts to minimize downtime and improve recovery times.

Additionally, you will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to implement best practices in security (Dev Sec Ops ), drive cost optimization (Fin Ops), and proactively identify areas for operational improvement.

Adaptability, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and the ability to quickly learn and implement new tools and methodologies are critical to your success in this role. You will also play a pivotal role in mentoring junior team members and driving the adoption of best practices across teams.

• Assist in the evolution of our Dev Ops function and practices, aligning them to industry best standards whilst facilitating and educating our development teams.
• Design, architect, and enhance Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Azure Dev Ops, ensuring they are scalable, secure, and optimized for both application deployment and infrastructure provisioning.
• Develop and manage complex cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, or Bicep, while ensuring best practices are followed.
• Take part in the design, implementation and maintenance of scalable, resilient and secure infrastructure within Kubernetes.
• Automate the provisioning, scaling, and monitoring of cloud resources within Azure, implementing advanced automation and orchestration strategies to increase operational efficiency.
• Implement and optimise observability, logging and alerting with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and Open Telemetry.
• Collaborate with the application development teams to enable and facilitate best practices for containerisation, microservice architecture and secure development.
• Collaborate closely with security teams to enforce security best practices such as policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper), zero-trust architecture and automated vulnerability scanning throughout the entire Dev Ops lifecycle, and actively contributing to security audits and improvements.
• Lead incident management efforts, owning root cause analysis and post-incident reviews, while implementing preventative measures and improvements to minimize future risks.
• Champion and implement cutting-edge best practices for code quality, deployment strategies, release automation, and continuous improvement across the entire software delivery pipeline.
• Drive cost optimization (Fin Ops) initiatives, identifying opportunities to reduce infrastructure costs and ensure efficient resource utilization, while working with the internal LRQA teams.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and evolving technologies, proactively researching and adopting new tools, technologies, and methodologies that can drive innovation and performance improvements across the Dev Ops landscape (e.g. CNCF recommendations).
• Act as a technical leader and mentor to more junior members of the Dev Ops team, sharing knowledge, providing guidance, and promoting a learning environment that encourages skill growth and development within the team.
• Drive the adoption of Dev Ops principles and culture, advocating for collaboration across teams and the wider business, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and leading organizational alignment with modern Dev Ops methodologies.

• 4+ years of experience in IT platforms, infrastructure engineering, or software development, with 2+ years of experience within a Dev Ops capacity focusing on cloud and process automation and infrastructure design
• Extensive proficiency within Microsoft Azure with…