
DevOps - Full Stack Engineer
On site
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Freelance
23-04-2025
Job Specifications
Hybrid working (60% office - 40% remote)
7 Month contract initially, good scope for extension
£450 - £475 P/D (Umbrella-PAYE)
One of our blue chip clients are looking for a DevOps - Full Stack Engineer to join the team on a long term programme of work.
Key Responsibilities
Solid experience of experience in CI/CD
Advanced knowledge and experience using CloudBees Jenkins (Installation, configuration and administration) Experience of Cloud Platforms specifically Google Cloud Platform and interacting with Cloud Storage, Big Query and Cloud Logging Container orchestration with K8s, with on one or more of GKE, AKS, EKS, and experience with container management tooling.
Strong experience in development of Object-Oriented code (such as Python and Groovy and shell scripting) Strong experience with declarative Jenkins pipeline development Designing branching strategies for declarative pipeline management.
Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana Strong experience with DevOps release principles Experience of problem management and incident support Experience leading a pod Experience of assisting with the grooming and handling of a product backlog Desire to help improve others within the team and contribute towards their career development.
Familiarity with agile scrum processes
Cost optimization design for solutions
Experience with core technical integrations with security and change management tooling such as SNOW, SAST/DAST tooling.
Strong communicator and being able to interact with a range of stakeholders such as engineering teams and senior management.
Essential Skills
Key Skills / Experience:
From a technical perspective, we are looking for an experienced software engineer with solid experience encompassing the following:
Git (particularly GitHub)
Java / Kotlin
JavaScript
Python
Shell Scripting
knowledge of Jenkins, (CloudBees would be added advantage)
Test-driven development
Architectural and design patterns
Troubleshooting skills
Working in an agile, cross-functional team
This is a great opportunity on a long running programme of work.
Apply now for your CV to reach me directly and we will reply as soon as possible.
Due to the nature and urgency of this post, candidates holding or who have held high level security clearance in the past are most welcome to apply. Please note successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment which can take up to a minimum 10 weeks. LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.
Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
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