Principal DevOps
| Posting date: | 09 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £76,117 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2026 |
| Location: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Government Recruitment Service |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 447189 |
Summary
The Principal DevOps is responsible for key elements of our platforms, CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Delivery) pipelines and overall automation approaches. Your role is to support the delivery, update or evolution of these systems as well as to provide expert technical advice. You will also be expected to set the technical direction for our future platforms, be this through hands on delivery or design.
You will frequently collaborate with and take part in planning with senior business stakeholders to ensure that security, stability and capacity are embedded in the development and deployment of services. You will identify and explore opportunities for technology service and business improvement.
Tools and Technologies we use:
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:
Backend: Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform
Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular
Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra
DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform
AI: Azure ML Studio, Python, Github Copilot, OpenAI
You will frequently collaborate with and take part in planning with senior business stakeholders to ensure that security, stability and capacity are embedded in the development and deployment of services. You will identify and explore opportunities for technology service and business improvement.
Tools and Technologies we use:
We are keen for Engineers to continue learning new technologies, we have a large range in the Home Office including:
Backend: Java, Node.js, C#, Python, PHP, Scala, Power platform
Frontend: React, JavaScript, Typescript, Angular
Data: PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Mongodb, Apache Cassandra
DevOps: AWS, Kubernetes, Azure, Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, Terraform
AI: Azure ML Studio, Python, Github Copilot, OpenAI
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