Senior Infrastructure Automation Tools Engineer

Salary: £45,000 - 80,000 per year

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience using infrastructure automation and configuration management tools to support production environments.
• Good experience handling large-scale Linux environments and resolving system issues.
• Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines, using version control, and applying DevOps practices in production environments.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or a similar scripting language, with experience using scripts to automate operational tasks.
• Experience working across hybrid environments, including on-premises and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience supporting large-scale or multi-cluster environments across different locations or infrastructure platforms.
• Experience using Codex or other AI-enabled tools to support software development and automation use cases.
• Relevant technical certifications or experience working in Agile or Scrum teams.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain automation solutions using IaC, Python, Bash, and configuration management tools.
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment efficiency.
• Investigate infrastructure issues, identify root causes, and implement automated fixes to support service reliability and stability.
• Create clear documentation for our tools, processes, and operating procedures.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to help maintain system availability and restore services when incidents occur.
• Review new tools and technologies, and recommend practical ways to make our automation services more reliable, secure, and easier to operate.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Foreman
• GCP
• GitLab
• Support
• Linux
• Puppet
• Python
• Terraform
• ARM

More:

We are looking for a Senior Automation Tools Engineer to join our Automation Tools team and help shape the automation platforms that support our hybrid infrastructure and compute environments. We work closely with development, operations, engineering, and IT teams to simplify deployment, configuration, system management, and lifecycle processes. In this role, we deploy and operate automation tools and frameworks such as Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, GitLab, Vault, and Foreman across our hybrid estate and compute clusters. We offer the opportunity to work at the heart of a modern, large-scale hybrid infrastructure environment, building and evolving automation platforms that enable reliability, scalability, and operational excellence across the business. We also support hybrid working, with team-specific patterns determined by role needs, and we are committed to equal opportunities and mutual respect.

last updated 35 week of 2026