Senior DevOps Systems Administrator

Clayton Black Recruitment — United Kingdom · Posted ~4 hours ago

Senior Full-time

Skills

DevOps cloud infrastructure Terraform Ansible GitHub Actions hybrid cloud automation Cloud

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A growing organization is seeking an experienced DevOps professional to design and support hybrid cloud environments, improve automation workflows, and contribute to strategic infrastructure decisions. The role offers technical ownership, collaboration with skilled engineers, and opportunities for continued professional growth.

Highlights

Opportunity to own complex infrastructure projects, lead automation initiatives, develop cloud expertise, mentor others, and receive career development support.

Description

Want to take control of complex cloud projects and fast-track your DevOps career? Keen to join a team where your ideas genuinely shape the way things are done? This is your chance to work on impactful infrastructure challenges in a growing business where your input matters. As a Senior DevOps Systems Administrator you’ll lead automation efforts, work with cutting-edge tools, and be trusted to make key decisions that influence our direction. The role This isn’t just a support role — it’s a chance to take ownership. You’ll help architect robust hybrid cloud solutions and streamline infrastructure with tools like Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions. You’ll grow your leadership skills by mentoring others and see the impact of your work across the business. You’ll be working in a collaborative environment that invests in your development — with clear progression, technical certifications, and support from a skilled and friendly team. Key Responsibilities Design, deploy and support infrastructure across AWS and private cloud — shape scalable solutions that support real growth Automate infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible — reduce manual tasks and free up time for innovation Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions — deliver faster and more reliable deployments Implement observability tools (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch) — gain full visibility and improve system performance Work across teams to improve reliability and security — be the go-to expert others rely on Manage hybrid networks, IAM, firewalls and VPNs — grow your cloud networking knowledge Join the on-call rota and respond to incidents — build resilience and problem-solving experience Create and maintain documentation — help others learn from your work and establish best practice Essential Skill’s – Must Have’s We’re looking for someone who brings: 5+ years of DevOps experience, including hands-on AWSExperience with VMware or ProxmoxStrong Linux skills, with networking and cloud security knowledgeTerraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes (e.g. EKS)Confident scripting in Bash, Python or Go Nice to have: AWS certificationsKnowledge of security tools like Trivy