Senior DevOps Engineer

Job s: AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Git Hub Actions, Argo CD, Helm, EKS, Open Shift, Docker, Nexus, Dev Sec Ops Senior  Dev Ops Engineer AWS / Kubernetes / Terraform / Git Hub Actions / Argo CDOxfordshire (Hybrid - 2 days a week in the office)85, DOEDo you want to own the cloud platforms that take AI into production, rather than just keep them ticking over?

This Senior Dev Ops Engineer role is with a fast-growing UK AI and robotics company, building systems that people rely on when decisions carry real weight. You'll own AWS and Kubernetes environments end to end, in a small team where every engineer has a visible impact.

You'll join a team of 3 within an 18-person engineering team, reporting to the Engineering Manager and working closely with the CTO. With no team lead above you for the next 24 months, you'll have real autonomy. It's a permanent role in Oxfordshire, hybrid with 2 days a week in the office.

What You'll Be Doing Architecting and maintaining multi-account, multi-region AWS environments using Terraform and Helm Running Kubernetes clusters (EKS and Open Shift), registries and service meshes, with zero-touch deployments through Git Hub Actions and Argo CDLeading security posture reviews and hardening with Guard Duty, Cloud Watch and IAMOwning observability, alerting, backup and disaster recovery, including annual restore drills

Driving cost and capacity optimisation, and owning the audits that keep the company aligned with its certifications

Coordinating incident response and mentoring developers in Dev Sec Ops  practice

What You'll Bring Proven Dev Ops or SRE experience with a recent focus on AWS cloud engineering

Strong Kubernetes administration (EKS and Open Shift), including on-premises setup, plus Helm Strong Terraform, Git Hub Actions and Argo CD, with Docker and Linux Solid Nexus experience and SSO implementation across industry-standard software Scripting in Bash and Python or Go, and experience integrating SAST and DASTDesirable: MLOps or LLMOps (Sage Maker, Kubeflow, ZenML), Prometheus observability, AWS Karpenter, ISO 27001, NIST SSDF, OWASP SAMM, active SC or DV clearance

What's On Offer Company pension with 4% employer contribution

Private healthcare
29 days holiday plus public holidays

Hybrid working, 2 days a week in the office

Please note:

You must be eligible for UK security clearance (BPSS and SC), which requires a UK passport and 5 years of continuous UK residency. Clearance can be sponsored for the right candidate.

Apply today with your CV for this Senior Dev Ops Engineer role and we'll be in touch.

This role may suit candidates who have held roles including:
Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, Senior AWS Engineer, Dev Sec Ops  Engineer, Kubernetes Engineer, Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer