DevOps Engineer
£305 per day4 skills in commonSame specialismSame IR35
Compared with this role: 4 shared skills · −£120/day vs this role
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Automation & Platform Engineer
Inside IR35
Cloud and DevOps
£400–£450 per day
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Comparable market40 live roles
New this week20 comparable roles
Typical disclosed rate£540/day
Outside IR3533% of comparable roles
Remote / hybrid88% of comparable roles
Skill-market signalActive skill cluster
Linux / Unix10 live roles
PowerShell7 live roles
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Pay rate£400–£450 per day
IR35 statusInside IR35
Contract duration6 months
Start dateNot disclosed
Working arrangementHybrid
LocationLondon
Security clearanceSC — Active clearance required
IT specialismCloud and DevOps
Job description
The client is seeking to recruit an SC Cleared Automation / Platform Engineer within this role you will focus on upgrading enterprise applications across the estate and support with the design of future upgrades aligned to the growth strategy.
For this role you will have hands-on experience upgrading applications across a range of technologies in Windows and Linux environments, ideally gained in other large-scale organisations. Supported by strong automation skills, you will join a team aligned to streamlining and standardise application and infrastructure upgrades.
Core Activities:
- Plan, coordinate and deliver application upgrades, migrations and platform refresh activities
- Ensure applications remain compliant with vendor support and security requirements
- Administer applications deployed across Windows and Linux environments
- Troubleshoot application, Middleware and infrastructure issues
- Maintain operational documentation and runbooks
- Identify opportunities to automate manual operational processes
- Develop automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible or similar tools
- Build and maintain CI/CD deployment pipelines
- Promote IAC along with DevOps best practices
Essential Experience:
- Strong experience administering enterprise applications on both Windows and Linux
- Experience delivering application and platform upgrades in production environments
- Experience with Scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar tools
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible
- Experience with application Servers, Middleware and databases
- Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
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Cloud and DevOpsLinux / UnixPowerShellLinuxInside IR35Hybrid6 monthsSC clearance
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Typical disclosed rate£540/day30 comparable roles disclose a usable rate
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