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Lead DevOps Engineer - HM Land Registry - SEO

Hybrid

Plymouth, United kingdom

£ 71,000 /year

Senior

Full Time

23-11-2025

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Skills

Communication Leadership DevOps Kubernetes Coaching Effective Communication AWS Terraform

Job Specifications

The IT Operations Practice sits within the Transformation & Technology directorate and is responsible for the performance and delivery of all technical infrastructure which underpins and supports the organisation. It consists of a number of specialist technical teams which provide support, monitor and operate technical solutions.

This role is to provide technical engineering capability for the DevOps team, taking a lead on platforms, managing roadmaps, working with development teams to deliver new services and champion DevOps methodologies processes & tooling. The Lead DevOps Engineer will be embedded in the DevOps teams, providing provide technical leadership and coaching to DevOps Engineers.

The role holder will take forward technical consolidation and/or improvement activities providing guidance and leadership to technicians throughout the IT Operations Practice and wider, whilst also working across T&T to support and deliver solutions in line with the Technology and Business Strategies.

Candidate Profile

To be successful in this role you will hold a qualification in Information Technology or a related area (Degree Level or equivalent) or have experience in an IT field.

You Will Also Need Experience Of The Following

Experience of technical leadership on DevOps platforms and technologies.
Proven in depth technical expertise in Kubernetes and AWS.
Experience of planning and leading on the delivery of significant technical change to devops platforms.
Infrastructure-as-code scripting using terraform or similar tooling.
Experience of managing technical risk and leading the implementation of appropriate mitigations.
Proven ability to learn and understand new technology.
Effective communication skills, including the ability to interact and build working relationships with stakeholders.

For more information about the role, and the full job description please see the attached Candidate Pack.

Security clearance: This post will require Security Clearance and is subject to further background checks. You will require a minimum of 5 years residence in the UK. Further details of the process and checks can be found here:

Qualifications

Holds a qualification in Information Technology or a related area (Degree Level or equivalent) or experience in an IT field.

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