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FDM Group

DevOps Engineer

Hybrid

Leeds, United Kingdom

£ 80,000 / year

Freelance

28-02-2025

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Job Specifications

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a DevOps Engineer to work for our client within the public sector. This is initially a 6-month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Leeds.

Our client is looking for a talented DevOps Engineer to help design, implement, and manage their cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines. This role will require you to work closely with developers and IT teams to enhance our development and operational processes, ensuring high availability, performance, and scalability of our applications. The client is keen to find someone who can support 13 Legacy Data Platforms running on Windows Server and SQL Server.

Responsibilities
Respond and resolve incidents promptly
Troubleshoot & diagnose to minimise downtime and impact on users
Lead RCAs to identify underlying causes of recuring problems or events
Setting up, fixing, improving deployment pipelines and CI/CD
Monitor the performance and health of systems and infrastructure, ensuring they run efficiently
Perform regular maintenance and updates to prevent issues
Continuous Improvement activities including automation to streamline repetitive tasks and improve efficiency
Onboard a new Data Platform (eCollection) into the Run and Maintain team

Requirements
Must have live SC Clearance
Experienced in driving DevOps including tools, ways of working, and culture
Able to facilitate information/business knowledge
Able to act as a business SME and understand what the business needs & how to support this into an efficient DevOps team
Effective Stakeholder Management
Ability to negotiate and influence with stakeholders to ensure the service runs effectively & efforts are placed correctly
Able to speak to stakeholders and be able to transfer business requirements into technical implementation

Technical Requirements
Expert in Teamcity/Octopus
Experienced in working with Windows Servers and SQL Servers
Experienced in work with Cloud technologies and specifically Azure
SQL programming
Experienced working in Agile (Scrum and Kanban)
Experienced in Jira Store artefacts / information in Confluence
Github

Why join us?
Career coaching and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
Initial upskilling pre-assignment that has been accredited by TechSkills
Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
Opportunity to obtain certifications from Microsoft, Salesforce, Cisco and more
Access to the Buy As You Earn share scheme

About FDM
We are a business and technology consultancy and one of the UK's leading employers, recruiting the brightest talent to become the innovators of tomorrow. We have centres across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 4,000 Consultants. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer and is listed on the FTSE4Good Index.

Diversity and Inclusion
FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

About the Company

We’re FDM, an award-winning global business and technology consultancy. For over 30 years we’ve been powering the people behind tech and innovation. We collaborate with world-leading companies to identify the expertise they need, exactly when they need it. We have helped successfully launch nearly 25,000 careers globally to date and we are a trusted partner to over 300 companies worldwide. Diversity, equity and inclusivity is at the core of everything we do. We have 4,000+ employees worldwide, with over 90 nationalities wo... Know more

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