IT & Software

Lead DevOps Engineer

PA Consulting

Manchester · Greater Manchester · United Kingdom

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Overview

In this role within PA’s Digital & Data community, you will help accelerate innovation through scalable cloud-native solutions for diverse clients. You’ll work across cross-functional teams to design and implement robust DevOps practices, architecture, and delivery approaches. You’ll engage with clients as a key point of contact, shaping proposals and guiding delivery while mentoring peers. This is a values-driven, inclusive environment that prioritizes learning, collaboration, and impact on real-world outcomes.

Pay / Benefits
  • Private healthcare for you and family
  • 25 days annual leave (+ 0.5 day Christmas Eve)
  • Generous pension
  • Community and charity initiatives
  • Annual performance-based bonus
  • PA share ownership (equity) Цент
Responsibilities
  • Lead architecture decisions across pods or multiple pods to ensure robust methods and patterns
  • Maintain regular client communication and act as a primary engagement point between client and project
  • Coach and mentor the team to foster capability and delivery quality
  • Contribute to bids and proposals, including presenting to clients in formal selections
  • Play a role in account management and apply consulting skills to client contexts
  • Solve problems with cross-functional teams and clients using technical expertise and collaboration
Key requirements
  • 8-10 years+ of experience in DevOps
  • Problem-solving and analytical thinking
  • Collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
  • Expertise in architecture and development process ownership across pods
  • Strong client-facing communication and engagement skills
  • Coaching and mentoring teams
  • Experience shaping bids and proposals and presenting to clients
  • Account management and consulting skills
  • UK security clearance eligibility (residency requirements)
  • collaboration
  • communication
  • client-centric mindset
  • AWS, Azure or GCP
  • CI/CD pipelines, build tools and automation (Jenkins, Git, SVN, Code Pipeline)
  • Cloud infrastructure tooling (CloudFormation, Terraform)

Reference: WJ-747_31290199 · Posted 12 Nov 2026, 10:39 AM

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