DevOps Engineer

We’re are partnering with a growing digital consultancy who are looking for a Senior/Lead DevOps Engineer to deliver large\-scale digital transformation projects that will make the UK smarter, safer, cleaner, and healthier. You’ll work cross\-functionally with developers, testers, user\-centred designers, delivery managers, and data scientists to deliver secure, scalable, and high\-performing solutions, while shaping DevOps practices across projects, teams, and clients. This is your chance to apply your expertise in automation, scalability, security, and cloud\-native engineering to real\-world challenges, while shaping DevOps practices across projects, teams, and clients. **Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities** As a Senior / Lead DevOps Engineer, you will: * Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for deploying software and infrastructure through to production, collaborating closely with developers, testers, user\-centred designers, delivery managers, data scientists, and clients. * Apply zero\-downtime deployment strategies to ensure reliability and resilience across projects and teams. * Use Infrastructure as Code to build, manage, and evolve cloud environments at scale. * Engage directly with clients, understanding their needs and translating them into robust, secure, and scalable DevOps solutions. * Drive adoption of DevOps best practices, mentoring colleagues, guiding client teams, and influencing delivery outcomes. * Improve security posture with automated monitoring, vulnerability detection, and patching, working alongside relevant stakeholders. * Stay ahead of the curve by bringing new ideas, tools, and techniques into our work, supporting teams and clients in applying them effectively. **In order to be successful in the role, candidates ideally need** * AWS DevOps engineering at scale, with deep knowledge of automation, distributed systems, and container orchestration * Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and cloud\-native CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, CodeBuild, CodePipeline). * Designing and operating secure, scalable, and high\-performance systems. * Leading and mentoring engineers, embedding DevOps culture and practice. * Agile delivery environments (Scrum, GDS, Agile phases, etc.). * Ability to build strong client relationships, explain complex technical concepts, and guide client teams in adopting DevOps practices. * Experience working in a professional services or consultancy environment, with proven client\-facing responsibility * Awareness and/or experience of GOV.UK Service Standards and Technology Code of Practice. * Experience delivering as part of multiple projects concurrently across client and internal teams This is a unique opportunity in Scotland, to join a growing scale up who are doing things differently in the market. Interested?. Please apply to find out more. Salary is NEG plus benefits Please note\-this role will require some travel down to the Leeds office.