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DevOps Engineer

About Tecknuovo

We are a technology delivery partner, offering a unique service in the undiscovered sweet spot between consultancy and capability development. There’s a better way to deliver consulting services. We do that by freeing our customers from dependency on everything we do. We free them from relying on external sourcing by delivering on their complex technology challenges at pace with expert teams. And we eliminate their dependence on suppliers by creating the in-house technical capability they’ll need to build tomorrow.

About the role

You will work with our Lead DevOps to shape how DevOps integrates into our ways of working. You’ll be defining good practice, supporting delivery squads, and contributing to tooling, automation, and cloud engineering across a range of public or private sector projects. You’ll play a key role in delivering meaningful, high-impact projects for clients. Applying DevOps practices to improve systems, accelerate delivery, and solve complex infrastructure challenges. You’ll also support the development of a small group of DevOps apprentices, offering day-to-day guidance and mentorship as they progress through our structured academy programme. It’s a great opportunity to grow your own leadership skills while helping build a sustainable, values-led capability that’s here for the long term.

About the Delivery Hub

The Delivery Hub is responsible for ensuring client expectations are exceeded with every interaction and throughout every engagement lifecycle. Delivery is the heart of Tecknuovo, where our reputation, values and behaviours align to ensure successful outcomes and repeat business that aligns with our mission. You will sit alongside our other hubs (from Engagement, Talent, Marketing, PMO, Finance & Compliance), and is a mixture of permanent and associate consultants providing delivery services to our clients.

Key personal attributes

• Exceptional communication skills, creating trust through authenticity and knowing when to listen, react, guide, and challenge, especially when supporting the development of junior engineers.
• Out-of-the-box thinker who can look beneath the surface of systems and processes, rapidly identifying and removing blockers to delivery while encouraging others to problem-solve with confidence.
• Ability to work at a rapid pace to meet both client and Tecknuovo expectations, staying resilient and adaptable in the face of shifting priorities and complex technical challenges.
• Works collaboratively as well as independently; able to prioritise tasks, context switch safely, and bring clarity and structure to others in a fast-moving environment.
• Self-starter who requires little direction, taking ownership of their area and providing reliable technical leadership to others.
• A deep passion for DevOps and modern engineering practices, combined with a genuine drive to coach, mentor, and elevate those around them.
• A desire to work within a driven, energetic team in a central London office 3-4 days per week.

Key responsibilities

• Design and Manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Build version-controlled infrastructure using tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation. Standardise reusable templates and integrate with CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
• Develop and Maintain CI/CD Pipelines - Create robust pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps, incorporating automated testing, security scanning, and multi-environment deployments.
• Provision and Operate Cloud Environments - Set up and manage infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP, including networking, IAM, monitoring, and cost optimisation. Automate common cloud operations like backups and scaling.
• Implement Containerisation and Orchestration - Containerise applications with Docker and deploy using Kubernetes, ECS, or similar. Manage Helm charts or Customise templates and enforce container security standards.
• Drive Observability and Operational Readiness - Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Datadog. Create dashboards and promote the adoption of SLOs and error budgets.
• Embed Security and Support Compliance - Integrate security into pipelines (e.g. secrets detection, policy-as-code), enforce secure defaults, and support infrastructure controls for SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar.
• Automate Environment Management - Design consistent environments (dev, test, prod) with automation for setup and teardown, ensuring environment parity and developer efficiency.
• Collaborate with Clients and Teams - Work with client engineering teams to embed DevOps practices and translate business goals into infrastructure solutions. Mentor internal teams and contribute to knowledge sharing. Mentor DevOps apprentices as part of a small, supportive team.
• Help set and improve engineering standards and practices within our DevOps function.

Experience required

• Hands-on knowledge of modern tools (Terraform, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, scripting languages).
• Experience in a DevOps or infrastructure engineering role at SFIA level 4.
• A collaborative mindset and willingness to mentor less experienced engineers
• Good communication skills and ability to work in delivery squads.
• Interest in contributing to a values-led, scalable capability model.

What we offer:

• 27 days of annual leave, (plus bank holidays) as well as your birthday off.
• Private medical insurance including medical, optical and dental cover.
• Comprehensive life assurance.
• Office space located in the heart of London with access to the building’s premium wellness facilities, and fitness classes.
• Annual allowance for personal and professional training to fuel your career growth.
• Contribution to your pension fund.

Our values

Our values are our anchors, which we hold each other accountable for as a team and as a business:

• Make genuine connections.
• Have the courage to act.
• Embrace the pace.
• Move information freely.
• Be curious, always.