Job description
DevOps SME
Location: London / Sheffield (Hybrid – 10 days per month onsite)
Contract: 6 months
Day Rate: £510 Inside IR35
The Role
We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our team. You need to have good hands-on experience in maintaining CI/CD pipelines using standard tools.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute automated tests to ensure application quality and performance.
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
- Monitor and optimise resource utilisation for both containers and virtual machines in OpenShift.
- Deploy, manage, and troubleshoot virtual machines and workloads in OpenShift Virtualisation (OCPV).
- Automate VM lifecycle operations including provisioning, scaling, migration, backup, and recovery within OCPV.
- Collaborate with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to integrate testing, deployment, and virtualisation processes.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in CI/CD, testing, container, and virtualisation environments.
- Ensure security, compliance, and best practices for both container and VM workloads.
- Document processes, configurations, and best practices.
Essential/Desirable Skills
- Hands-on experience with Jenkins and GitLab CI for continuous integration and delivery.
- Proficiency in automated testing tools: Selenium (UI testing), JMeter (performance testing), and Postman (API testing).
- Experience with Kubernetes and OpenShift CLI for container orchestration and management.
- Practical knowledge of OpenShift Virtualisation (OCPV) for VM deployment, migration, and management.
- Familiarity with scripting (Bash, Python, or similar) for automation and troubleshooting.
- Understanding of hybrid cloud concepts and integrating VMs with containerised workloads.
- Good problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.