Team Lead, DevOps Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Lead and develop a small DevOps engineering team that supports Unite Services and Unite Integrations.

• Drive team planning and execution focused on operational efficiency, security, reliability, and platform maturity epics (for example, quarterly OKRs/initiatives).

• Offer technical mentorship in Kubernetes, GitHub, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure.

• Collaborate closely with Engineering, SRE, Security, and Ops on roadmap, incident resolution, and cross-team initiatives.

• Take ownership of the operational health for Unite Services and Unite Integrations: Lead production deployments and release processes for backend services (such as Unite Notifications, integrations platform, and Salesforce-related services).

• Oversee multi-environment support (DEV/QA/PROD and special environments like RTE).

• Operate and enhance Kubernetes clusters (both cloud and on-premises), including: Cluster upgrades and migration playbooks; Ingress/Nginx and service mesh/networking modifications; Resource/capacity optimization (CPU throttling, scaling, etc.).

• Manage supporting infrastructure for Unite platforms: Redis, Consul, Harbor, Chart Museum, API gateways, message queues (such as RabbitMQ).

• Lead the migration and consolidation of repositories and pipelines to GitHub (from TFS/Azure DevOps and other platforms).

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong background in platform/DevOps engineering for complex distributed systems.

• In-depth understanding of infrastructure components: compute, networking, storage, DNS, certificates, load balancing, and their interactions.

• Extensive knowledge of Kubernetes (cluster operations, upgrades, scaling, security, ingress, RBAC).

• Experience with Docker/containerization in production environments.

• Solid experience with at least one major cloud provider (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP is a plus).

• Comfortable working in hybrid environments (cloud + on-premises).

• Strong experience in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines.

• Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and self-hosted runners (including scaling and security considerations).

• Proficient in IaC tools (Terraform, Crossplane, Helm, etc.).

• Strong scripting/coding abilities (for example, Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell) to automate complex operational workflows.

• Experience with tools like Ansible, Chef, or similar for configuration management and automation.

• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging stacks (such as ELK, Splunk, or similar).

• Understanding of security best practices across network, infrastructure, and application layers.

• Proven experience leading DevOps/platform teams or serving as a strong technical lead.

• Ability to mentor engineers and elevate the technical capabilities of the team.

• Experience leading small to medium-sized projects using Agile/Scrum or similar methodologies.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical constraints into clear options and decisions for stakeholders.

• Demonstrated capacity to take ownership of outcomes: from design through implementation, rollout, and ongoing operations.

• Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure during incidents.

🏝️ Benefits

• We hire, promote, and compensate employees based on their ability to perform their job responsibilities, irrespective of race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, citizenship, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, or any other basis protected by applicable law (collectively referred to in our Code of Conduct as “Protected Classes”). We do not tolerate employment discrimination in the workplace and are dedicated to making reasonable accommodations for identified disabilities or other limitations as required by applicable laws. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity within our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.