Methods Consulting
DevOps Engineer
Job Description
Salary: £49,000 - 77,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong experience designing and running CI/CD pipelines and working with source control
- Deep understanding of Git-based workflows
- Proven experience using Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform with HCL in production environments
- Experience with Python for automation and tooling
- Experience with other scripting or programming languages such as Bash, PowerShell, or Go
- Strong experience with one or more cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Working knowledge of multi-cloud or hybrid architectures
- Understanding of identity, networking, and security in cloud platforms
- Strong Linux experience
- Windows Server experience
- Familiarity with macOS for engineering workflows
- Good depth of knowledge across DNS, TCP/IP, load balancing, firewalls, and routing
- Experience with virtualisation and hardware, including VMware vSphere or ESXi
- Understanding of physical infrastructure and data centre environments
- Proven experience leading by influence rather than title
- Ability to explain complex technical ideas clearly
- Comfortable challenging designs and assumptions
- Experience developing and mentoring engineers
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Able to balance delivery with longer-term improvement
- Experience working in agile delivery environments
- Comfortable working across multiple teams or clients
- Pragmatic approach to tooling and architecture
- Focus on outcomes and reliability
- Lead the design and improvement of CI/CD platforms and workflows
- Own complex technical problems from discovery through to solution
- Define and promote engineering standards and best practice
- Design Infrastructure as Code solutions for cloud and hybrid platforms
- Provide technical leadership within delivery teams
- Mentor and develop junior and mid-level engineers
- Review designs, code, and pipelines
- Work closely with architects, product owners, and stakeholders
- Communicate trade-offs and decisions clearly
- Contribute to roadmap planning and technical strategy
- AWS
- Azure
- Bash
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- GCP
- Git
- Hardware
- Linux
- Load Balancing
- macOS
- PowerShell
- Python
- Security
- TCP/IP
- Terraform
- VMware
- Windows
More:
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who focuses on solving problems and designing practical solutions. This role combines deep hands-on engineering with leadership, mentoring, and stakeholder engagement. We work in agile delivery teams and help shape how DevOps is applied across enterprise environments. By joining us, you can expect autonomy to develop and grow your skills and experience, exciting project work that is making a difference in society, strong inspiring leadership, and a supportive collaborative environment. We also offer access to LinkedIn Learning, a management development programme and training, Wellness 24/7, a confidential employee assistance programme, social events including Breakfast Tuesdays, Thirsty Thursdays and Pizza on the last Thursday of each month, 25 days off a year, a pension salary exchange scheme with employer and employee contributions, a discretionary company bonus, life assurance, private medical insurance, and worldwide travel insurance.
last updated 35 week of 2026
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Methods Consulting
London
IT
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£63,000
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£60,000
UK median
This salary is 5% above the UK median for Software Engineers (£60,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks