Lead DevOps Engineer

Salary: £30,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• Demonstrable experience in provisioning, configuring, and maintaining AWS Cloud environments, with a focus on large-scale, mission-critical infrastructures.
• In-depth expertise in a wide range of AWS service offerings, including Compute, Management & Governance, Storage, Security, Identity & Compliance, Networking & Content Delivery, FinOps, Containers, and Database products.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, or CDK, with a proven track record of automating cloud infrastructure deployments.
• Advanced knowledge of containerization technologies and orchestration platforms like Docker and Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) or ECS.
• Expertise in defining, implementing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, and others, applying best practices for pipeline efficiency and security.
• Strong background in networking, Linux or Windows administration, with the ability to architect secure, performant, and highly available cloud solutions.
• Proficiency with monitoring and log analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or New Relic, to maintain observability and ensure operational excellence.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in managing complex, high-pressure situations and guiding teams through incident resolution.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with proven experience engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Relevant AWS certifications.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet, Ansible) and implementing best practices for configuration management and automation.
• Deep understanding of Cloud Landing Zone concepts and best practices for enterprise-scale cloud adoption.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, deployment, and management of scalable and reliable AWS Cloud infrastructures, driving automation and optimizing DevOps processes.
• Develop and implement advanced CI/CD strategies to support complex, large-scale cloud solutions on AWS.
• Engage directly with clients to provide technical expertise, offer solutions to complex cloud challenges, and act as a trusted advisor in their cloud journey.
• Lead technical discussions with developers and stakeholders, influencing architectural decisions and setting DevOps standards across teams.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by automating repetitive tasks, remediating technical debt, and identifying opportunities for optimization.
• Mentor and coach junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Stay up to date with the latest cloud technologies, DevOps tools, and industry trends, recommending new approaches to enhance our services.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Ansible
• Architect
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• CloudWatch
• Datadog
• DevOps
• Docker
• ELK
• GitHub
• GitLab
• Grafana
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Prometheus
• Puppet
• Security
• Terraform
• Windows
• Network

More:

We are easyJet, a FTSE-250 listed, multi-billion low-cost airline serving tens of millions of customers each year across more than 1,207 routes and 38 countries in Europe. We employ more than 18,000 colleagues and are on a mission to make low-cost travel easy. Our promise behaviours are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. You will join our expanding Platform Engineering Practice in a Senior DevOps Engineer role, supporting cloud modernisation and optimisation for our clients. We offer a vibrant and inclusive workplace with a competitive base salary, up to 20% annual bonus potential, 25 days holiday, pension scheme, life assurance, a flexible benefits package, discounted staff travel for friends and family, annual credit for easyJet holidays, a Work Away scheme allowing 30 days working abroad each year, and an electric vehicle lease salary sacrifice scheme. We operate a hybrid working policy with 40%-60% of the month spent with colleagues. This role does not meet the criteria for visa sponsorship.

last updated 35 week of 2026