Lead DevOps Engineer

In this role within PA’s Digital & Data community, you will help accelerate innovation for clients by applying DevOps excellence, cloud engineering, and cross-functional collaboration. You’ll work on a variety of projects across sectors, shaping scalable solutions and robust delivery pipelines. You will partner with product, design, and engineering peers to deliver high-impact software outcomes in a hybrid, client-facing environment. This opportunity offers a growth-focused culture with learning budgets and clear pathways for technical progression.

• private healthcare for you and family
• 25 days annual leave (+ 0.5 day on Christmas Eve)
• generous company pension
• annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

• Collaborate with product, design and cross-disciplinary teams to deliver innovative software solutions
• Architect and oversee development processes across pods or multiple teams
• Maintain regular client communication as a key engagement point
• Coach and mentor team members and contribute to bids and client presentations
• Work in agile settings, problem-solving with clients and internal projects
• Engage in account management and strong consulting activities
• Support skill development and technical certification initiatives
• Participate in hybrid client-site and office-based work with flexibility for assignments

• 8-10 years+ of experience in DevOps
• Expertise in architecture
• Knowledge of development processes and robust methods/patterns
• Strong communication with clients and stakeholders
• Coaching and mentoring experience
• Experience in shaping bids and presenting to clients
• Strong consulting skills and account management involvement
• UK security clearance requirements may apply to some roles
• Willingness to travel or work on client sites as needed

• problem-solving
• analytical thinking
• collaboration with multiple stakeholders
• AWS, Azure or GCP
• CI/CD pipelines, build automation, tooling (Jenkins, GIT, SVN, CVS)
• CloudFormation, Terraform, Chef, Ansible, Puppet, Code Pipeline, Azure Stack