DevOps Engineer (Openshift & Azure)

TL;DR

DevOps Engineer (Openshift & Azure): Building and operating highly reliable and scalable systems with an accent on CI/CD pipelines, automation, and infrastructure improvements. Focus on implementing and managing observability stacks, coordinating incident response, and driving long-term corrective strategies.

Location: Hybrid in the UK. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK and be eligible for BPSS.

Company

hirify.global is a European leader in cloud implementation, application development, managed services and training, delivering over 1,000 successful cloud projects.

What you will do

• Build and operate highly reliable and scalable systems using OpenShift and Azure.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines, automation tooling, and infrastructure improvements.
• Own the observability stack, including metrics, logging, dashboards, and alerting using Prometheus, Loki, Grafana and ServiceNow.
• Coordinate incident response efforts and drive long-term corrective strategies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (development, security, architecture, and platform engineering).
• Maintain technical documentation, create operational runbooks, and influence infrastructure and platform roadmap decisions.

Requirements

• Extensive hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift, Kubernetes, and containerised application architectures.
• Expertise with Microsoft Azure cloud services, networking, identity, and cloud-native patterns.
• Experience implementing and managing observability platforms using Prometheus, Loki, and Grafana.
• Proven track record improving system availability, performance, and reliability in production environments.
• Strong skills in automation and infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform or Ansible.
• Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Python, or Go, and understanding of distributed systems and microservice architectures.

Nice to have

• Previous SRE experience and championing SRE methodologies (SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets).
• Experience influencing architectural decisions in large, complex environments.
• Experience leading incident response, post-mortem reviews, and designing CI/CD pipelines for large-scale applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Individual training budget and exam fees for certifications.
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid working model.
• Company laptop and needed equipment.
• Local UK package including up to 7% matched pension contributions, extensive private health care, Bupa dental plan, seasonal ticket loan, enhanced maternity and parental leave, gym expense or well-being monthly, and mobile phone allowance.