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Lorien

Lead DevOps Engineer

Hybrid

Manchester, United Kingdom

£ 90,000 / year

Full Time

18-03-2025

Job Specifications

Lead DevOps Engineer - Manchester - £85,000 to £90,000 + bonus

The Company:
Lorien Global are working in partnership with a major gambling business based in Manchester City Centre are backed with the investment to drive innovative, advanced, creative technologies forward and build unrivalled products. We need an experience leader in the platform engineering sphere to aid with projects, support and management of the engineering team.

The Role:
Your responsibility covers Engineering, Management and Strategy, focussing on the upkeep and improvement of their hybrid cloud and on-premise platform. This is a business critical team, with the live 24/7, revenue generating platform it's essential that efficiency, stability and security are at the core of designs.

Working closely with the Head of Platform Engineering, you'll lead a portion of the overall team delegating, mentoring and guiding those who need support. This role is a mix of hands-on and strategic decision making, giving you opportunity to stay in tune with the technology.

The Skill Requirements:
Candidates must have a blend of the following:
Proven experience leading a high-performing platform teams to deliver complex platform improvements in a fast-paced, live environment
Good understanding of Cloud Platforms preferably AWS but can consider others (GCP, Azure etc.)
Excellent understanding of CI/CD tooling and best practise (Jenkins)
Good knowledge of infrastructure management systems (Ansible, Terraform, etc.)
Experience with containerisation technology (Docker, Helm, Kubernetes)
Familiarity of scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.)
Excellent communication between both internal and external stakeholders

The Benefits:
Salary up to £90,000
Company bonus scheme
Hybrid working form central Manchester (2 days in the office a week)
Flexible working hours
25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

This is a great opportunity for someone to work on exciting project work within a company investing in their platform development. Interviews will be taking place over the coming weeks, submit your CV to be considered.

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Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

About the Company

Lorien is a technology, transformation and telecom talent solutions specialist. We combine tech expertise with the scope, depth and breadth of large-scale talent solutions. Driven by both clients and candidates, covering Europe and the US, we work with all sectors, sizes and tech needs – from start-up to established, tech companies and those who use tech to propel them further - we work with them all. Our unique position in the market means we have the insight to create tailored solutions – keeping our clients ahead of t... Know more

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