Lead DevOps Consultant

Company Description
Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.

By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.

From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

Job Description
Applications management involves overseeing the lifecycle of software applications, including deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization to ensure they meet business requirements and deliver value effectively.

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Consultant to play a critical role in maintaining secure configurations for a portfolio of software applications and ensuring seamless continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) processes. You'll guide clients through their journey to modern, resilient, and automated technology delivery. This role blends hands-on engineering with consultative advisory, ensuring organisations adopt best practices in cloud, automation, and CI/CD pipelines to accelerate value delivery.

As a Senior DevOps Consultant, you will collaborate with diverse teams, designing solutions that are cloud-agnostic where possible and tailored to client needs. Beyond building, you'll coach, mentor, and influence teams to embed DevOps principles, drive cultural change, and enable long-term success.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to understand business drivers and translate them into modern DevOps solutions.
• Design and implement infrastructure and deployment pipelines across different environments and cloud providers.
• Shape and evolve CI/CD strategies using tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.
• Operate and optimize containerized applications using Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.
• Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi, or similar.
• Advocate Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, improving availability, scalability, and performance.
• Drive automation in build, release, monitoring, and security pipelines.
• Lead workshops and advisory sessions to foster DevOps culture and adoption.
• Document and communicate processes for knowledge sharing, compliance, and governance.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide cross-functional teams toward DevOps maturity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform reliability roles.
• Demonstrated expertise in CI/CD practices across at least one major toolchain (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, etc.).
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP); multi-cloud experience a plus.
• Strong grasp of Agile, DevOps, and SRE practices.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure automation.
• Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, etc.).
• Scripting and automation experience (Bash, PowerShell, or Python).
• Good stakeholder engagement and consultancy skills, able to influence, present, and advise senior audiences.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring ability.

Valuable but not mandatory:

• Certifications across cloud platforms or DevOps tooling.
• Familiarity with security scanning, observability platforms, and compliance frameworks.
• Experience guiding organizations through DevOps/SRE maturity transformations.
• Familiarity with APM tools such as Dynatrace and AppInsights
• Understanding of OWASP SAMM (Software Assurance Maturity Model)
• Experience with code and binary vulnerability scanning tools (e.g., Snyk, SonarCloud, Azure Defender, NeuVector)

Additional Information

Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

• Finance:

Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
- Career Development:

Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
- Learning Opportunities:

Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
- Work-Life Balance:

Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
- Health:

Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
- Community:

Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.

Additional Local Benefits

• Monthly Lifestyle Allowance:

Contribution towards health and wellbeing activities like gym memberships.
- Novated Leasing:

Pre-tax car leasing benefit for new and used cars.
- Loyalty Leave:

Receive an additional day of leave on your 3rd, 4th, and 5th work anniversaries, accumulating up to a maximum of 3 extra days of leave per year.
- Inclusive Parental Leave Policy:

12 weeks of primary carer's leave and 4 weeks of secondary carer's leave.
- Work From Anywhere:

In addition to our hybrid working policy, we also offer 20 days of working from anywhere per year. Ideal for an extended trip to get away from the city or visiting loved ones.

At Endava, we're committed to creating an open, inclusive, and respectful environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to be their best. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives—because we know that inclusive teams help us deliver smarter, more innovative solutions for our customers. Hiring decisions are based on merit, skills, qualifications, and potential. If you need adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know.