Senior DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote within the UK

Level of clearance: SC

Due to Security clearance requirements candidates must be UK national/British passport holder/Single nationality and resided in the UK for 5 years.

 About DXC

DXC Technology (DXC: NYSE) is the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, helping clients harness the power of innovation to thrive on change. Created by the merger of CSC and the Enterprise Services business of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, DXC Technology serves nearly 6,000 private and public sector clients across 70 countries.  The company’s technology independence, global talent and extensive partner network combine to deliver powerful next-generation IT services and solutions. DXC Technology is recognized among the best corporate citizens globally.

Would you describe yourself as a creative and ambitious technology lead who is always ready to take on the next cutting-edge technology? If your answer is yes, you are going to fit right in with our team. We are looking for a passionate, motivated, experienced, innovative individuals who would like to be part of our vision in helping clients transform their business.  

Our technical roles offer you the chance to grow your skills and experience whilst working alongside some of the most talented people in DXC.     

The role:

The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for translating technical requirements into an efficient DevOps toolchain, facilitating product delivery, and providing guidance to junior colleagues. They will ensure deployment strategies are repeatable, scalable, and highly available, leveraging deep technical expertise to support delivery teams and resolve complex issues.

Responsibilities:

• Developing various infrastructure solutions on MS Azure/ AWS  as well as datacenter / private cloud to deliver high availability, rapidly developed, fully automated solutions using predominately open source software which deliver value to the customer. 

• Providing technical leadership, help and guidance to less experienced members of the team through mentoring, coaching, constructive review and active participation in various technical forums.  

• Advising our customers on the latest technologies and methodologies, designing and implementing innovative approaches to their problems using Automation. 

• Ensuring software standards are maintained, being able to train and mentor junior staff. Defining processes and procedures to ensure maximum re-use and maintaining standards. 

• Understanding security policies and implementing solutions that satisfy the security requirements.  

• Designing and implementing solutions which have high availability and are scalable. 

• Providing feedback and demonstrating to a wider audience solutions currently being developed and introducing the team to new concepts and products. 

Requirements:

• Excellent experience of working on Windows / Unix / Linux environments  

• Proven practical experience in Infrastructure as Code - Terraform 

• Proven practical experience with configuration management tools - Ansible (preferred) 

• Proven practical experience in CI / CD tooling - Jenkins  

• Proven practical experience and knowledge of AWS / MS Azure. 

• Proven practical experience in container technology & orchestration - Kubernetes (EKS)  

• Highly desirable – Working knowledge/ practical experience in of Authentication and Authorization - Keycloak and OAUTH2 

• Working knowledge of digital delivery processes and methodologies 

• Ability to work with an Agile Team, being able to be self-driven and looking for continuous improvements to both the process and the systems. 

• Good communication skills (written and verbal). 

• Attention to detail with a pragmatic and enthusiastic attitude to work. 

• Good verbal and written communication and negotiation skills. 

• Strong Team Player 

• Demonstrates technical leadership skills. 

What we offer:

DXC provide a comprehensive Flex benefits scheme including investment in development, Pension, Life Insurance, Health insurance, travel insurance, store vouchers/discounts, 25 days holiday and options to increase holiday and select benefits appropriate to you.