Lead DevOps Engineer (Azure) - Newport, South Wales

Lead DevOps Engineer (SC Clearance Required)

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Location: Newport, South Wales (Hybrid, 1 day per week on site)
Type: Permanent
Salary: £66,000 - £78,000 depending on skills and experience

About the Role

A UK public sector organisation is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer to join its Platform Engineering function as part of a major digital transformation programme.
This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll be responsible for setting direction, leading a team of DevOps engineers, and remaining close to the technology and delivery. The successful candidate will play a key role in modernising platforms, improving engineering capability, and driving DevOps best practice across multiple teams.

What You'll Be Doing

Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and developing infrastructure as code.
Supporting cloud deployments, troubleshooting issues, and contributing code where required.
Leading, coaching, and line managing a team of DevOps engineers.
Driving technical decision-making and promoting DevOps best practices across teams and services.
Working closely with engineering, architecture, and delivery teams to modernise platforms and improve delivery capability.
Influencing technical direction across a number of workstreams within a complex transformation environment.

About You

You'll bring substantial practical experience across cloud engineering, automation, and the software delivery lifecycle, alongside a passion for developing engineers and improving ways of working.
Key experience includes:
Strong hands-on experience with Azure, Azure DevOps, Terraform, AKS, and CI/CD pipelines.
Solid scripting and software engineering capability.
Proven experience leading, mentoring, and coaching engineers.
The ability to make an immediate impact within an established engineering function.
At least five years' continuous UK residency, making you eligible for Security Check (SC) clearance.
The ability to attend the Newport office on a regular basis and participate in in-person interview stages.

What's On Offer

Salary of £66,000 - £78,000, including a staged retention and technical allowance that increases over four years.
Excellent defined-benefit pension with a generous employer contribution.
25 days' annual leave rising to 30 days, plus public holidays.
Hybrid and agile working arrangements.
A collaborative engineering culture focused on learning, continuous improvement, and knowledge sharing.
Long-term career stability within a high-profile national transformation programme. xwzovoh

How to Apply

Apply via this advert with your CV and we'll be in touch if your background aligns with the requirements of the role.