DevOps Manager
- reading, england, United Kingdom
- Hybrid
- £90 - £120 Per Hour
Job Description
We\'re looking for an experienced DevOps Lead to take ownership of a software engineering function, leading a talented Agile team while remaining actively involved in software development. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing technical leadership with people management , driving engineering excellence whilst continuing to write high-quality code.
You\'ll lead the delivery of bespoke cloud-based applications used by internal teams, customers and partners, setting the technical direction, developing your team and championing modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted software development.
This role is working for one of our high profile clients who have a 3 day hybrid working policy each week in their offices.
What you\'ll be doing
- Lead, mentor and develop a multidisciplinary Agile software development team including Developers, Business Analysts and QA Engineers.
- Provide technical leadership across the full software development lifecycle.
- Remain hands-on with software development, contributing to the codebase and supporting complex technical delivery.
- Define and own the engineering roadmap, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure and aligned to enterprise architecture.
- Deliver cloud-based applications using Agile and DevOps best practices.
- Drive CI/CD, automation and engineering efficiency across the development lifecycle.
- Work closely with stakeholders across the business to prioritise work, manage dependencies and communicate progress.
- Ensure operational monitoring, resilience, security and performance across the application estate.
- Promote best practice in software engineering, code quality, testing and technical governance.
- Champion the adoption of AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve productivity and delivery.
What we\'re looking for
We\'re looking for someone who combines strong technical expertise with proven leadership experience .
- Experience leading and managing software development teams, including coaching, mentoring and developing engineers.
- A strong technical background with the ability and desire to remain hands-on with software development.
- Experience delivering cloud-based applications within Agile and DevOps environments.
- Excellent knowledge of modern software architecture, APIs, databases, frontend and backend development.
- Experience with Git, Azure DevOps, Jira and CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or similar.
- Experience working with public cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS or GCP.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Experience planning delivery, managing technical roadmaps and balancing multiple priorities.
- A good understanding of software security, scalability, resilience and engineering best practice.
You\'ll also have experience using modern AI-powered development tools and be passionate about how they can improve software delivery.
This includes experience with:
- AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similar.
- AI-generated code review and validation.
- Test automation and documentation generated using AI.
- Integrating AI tooling into development workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Promoting secure and responsible use of AI across engineering teams.
- Evaluating emerging AI technologies and embedding them into engineering practices where appropriate.