Senior DevOps Engineer

Next Technology are looking for Senior DevOps Engineers with strong IaC and CI/CD Pipelines experience to be aligned to a great team of developers.

While you’ll have heard our name, there’s a lot you probably don’t know about NEXT. Like how we create most of our systems ourselves – whether it’s a website, mobile app or application. What’s more, we’re growing. Fast. And it’s the kind of growth and investment that is exciting for everyone in our business.

Infrastructure & Cloud Services are at the forefront of everything from Cloud to Networking, Data Centres to virtual servers/servers (Windows and Linux) as well as desktops, Licensing and mobile phones! Every piece of infrastructure at Head office, in the stores, the warehouses, for the website or the contact centre are supported by this area. Central services such as Microsoft Azure, GSuite and GCP, file services, Citrix, Active Directory (and much more) are all provided and supported by this area. 

The role
Technology drives what we do. Plain and simple. As we’re going through a huge change as a business, we need a solid team with us who are committed to driving our systems forward. 

As a Senior DevOps Engineer you’ll play a key part in this. Your focus will be on migrating our on-premise platforms to the cloud, automating pipelines and keeping sensitive data secure. You’ll do this using different technologies:

• Infrastructure-as-code 
• Azure DevOps (on-premises and cloud), CI/CD pipelines, automated builds/releases 
• Docker containers, Kubernetes, microservices, SonarQube, Helm charts
• PowerShell scripts
• SQL Server database, Windows & Linux servers
• Microsoft .NET Framework, .NET Core, ASP.NET Core, C#

In addition, we’re looking for you to be:  

• Able to speak, read and write English at a level that enables you to complete your role, for example, to understand instructions and communicate effectively with stakeholders and/or other team members
• Experienced in effectively working in a collaborative manner in a large scale, fast paced environment within a multifunctional technical team 

As a Senior, you’ll be leading the team in solution design, mentoring junior team members and engaging in stakeholder management with Lead Developers and Architects. You’ll also use your expertise and experience to help us continually improve our processes and working practices, actively enabling the department to become as efficient and effective as it can be.

You’ll be doing all this from our Leicestershire Head Office on a hybrid basis. A fast-paced, encouraging and supportive environment in which everyone brings an energy and a commitment to delivering for our customers and their own careers. Bring your energy. Play to your strengths. Make things bigger and better than before. Let’s Take It On.

So if you’re an expert in this field, have strong communication skills and considerable DevOps knowledge, work with initiative and can build great working relationships within the business, this is the place for you – and your career.