DevOps Engineer

Role: DevOps Engineer

Location: Newport (Hybrid)

Salary: Up to £41k

28.9% Pension

**Must be eligible for SC clearance**

The Opportunity

Yolk Recruitment are excited to be working with an innovation-driven civil service organisation as they journey through an incredible digital transformation whilst prioritising forward thinking and excellent digital practices. Alongside this, they pride themselves on being a Stonewall Diversity Champion, which means they are part of Britain’s leading best-practice employers’ forum for sexual orientation and gender identity equality, diversity and inclusion.

We are now looking for a DevOps Engineer to work within the Platform Engineering group, during the IPO digital transformation journey. Working within an established team, this role provides an opportunity to turn innovative ideas into customer value using a range of technologies and delivery platforms.

Technical Responsibilities

• Support the full software development lifecycle using DevOps practices.
• Design, implement, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines, including production deployments.
• Manage releases and troubleshoot deployment issues.
• Administer and support CI/CD pipelines and containerised applications.
• Configure and integrate DevOps tooling (source control, build, security, testing, monitoring).
• Perform code quality checks and ensure security and performance standards.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and auditing solutions.
• Contribute to technical design, planning, and delivery activities.
• Promote use of automation and infrastructure-as-code.

Core Skills

• Experience working with DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of automated testing within delivery pipelines.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving capability.
• Experience maintaining and improving technical processes.

Technical Skills

• Scripting/development experience (e.g. Python, Bash, PowerShell).
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps preferred).
• Experience building/deploying applications (e.g. Python, .NET, Node).
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform).
• Experience with containerisation (e.g. Docker, cloud container services).
• Familiarity with source control systems (e.g. Git).
• Experience using cloud platforms (Azure preferred).

Think this one’s for you

If you think this DevOps Engineer opportunity is for you then please apply online.

Yolk Public Sector & Not-for-Profit team works with organisations across the UK to fulfil their recruitment needs and to achieve their D&I objectives. We recruit temporary, contract and permanent hires for 1 off specialist needs or for volume campaigns. We support our applicants to navigate the public sector recruitment processes and secure their dream jobs.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.