Devops Consultant

SR2 are partnering with a well-established creative technology studio to hire a Dev Ops Consultant
. You'll lead a Dev Ops function that underpins multiple client deliveries, shaping cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, and internal platform improvements that make engineering teams faster and happier.

• Lead and grow a Dev Ops practice across multiple client projects (strategy + hands-on delivery)
• Own the design, build and continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure and developer tooling
• Set best-practice standards for architecture, reliability, security, automation, and CI/CD
• Mentor engineers via pairing, code reviews, feedback
  , and knowledge-sharing
• Manage and support career development (growth plans, performance, coaching)
• Drive process improvements and ensure actions land (not just talked about)
• Support RFP responses / pitches
  , estimation, planning, and delivery governance
• Run client workshops and stakeholder sessions to capture requirements and propose solutions
• Support incident management, releases, and operational readiness across environments
• Contribute to hiring/interviews to build a high-performing team

• Proven experience leading a Dev Ops team (people leadership + delivery ownership)
• Strong AWS experience across services like Lambda, Cloud Front, API Gateway, EC2, S3, ECS
• Hands-on Terraform (IaC) expertise and strong engineering standards
• CI/CD pipeline experience (e.g.
  Git Hub Actions, Jenkins
  ) and solid Git workflows
• Containerisation expertise (
  Docker
  , Kubernetes)
• Monitoring/logging/alerting (e.g.
  Cloud Watch, Nagios
  ) and incident management
• Solid understanding of open server stack:
  Linux, Apache, MySQL
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced, deadline-driven, commercial delivery environments
• Experienced with Jira/Confluence, capacity management, Agile delivery
• Confident leading technical discussions with engineers and non-technical stakeholders

• JavaScript (React/Node), PHP or Python
• Azure or GCP exposure
• Agency / creative tech studio background
• Client presentation / workshop facilitation
• Bash scripting

• Competitive, benchmarked salary + discretionary bonus
• Hybrid working
• Pension + private health insurance
• Holiday allowance + Christmas closure leave + loyalty leave
• Personal development budget/time
• Wellbeing benefits (training, yoga, volunteering days)
• EV scheme, free charging, free parking (site-based)

• Full-time, permanent (40 hours)
• Hybrid (UK)