Summary
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A fast-growing technology organization is seeking a DevOps Engineer to take ownership of secure, resilient infrastructure. You will deploy and maintain Kubernetes clusters across connected and air-gapped environments, build CI/CD pipelines for constrained systems, and manage infrastructure as code. The role offers meaningful technical ownership and the opportunity to work on infrastructure where security, reliability, and operational excellence are critical.
Highlights
Hands-on platform engineering role with significant infrastructure ownership, exposure to secure and high-assurance environments, and opportunities to work across connected and disconnected systems.
Description
Belfast - hybrid
Eligibility to obtain UK SC clearance (residency and nationality requirements apply).
Ocho are recruiting on behalf of a fast-growing technology company based in Belfast, operating in high-assurance and regulated environments.
The business is scaling quickly and the infrastructure team sits at the heart of how its platform is built, secured, and delivered.
This is a hands-on platform engineering role for someone who wants real ownership.
You will work across connected and disconnected environments, with a particular focus on Kubernetes and secure-by-design infrastructure.
If you want to do meaningful work on infrastructure that genuinely matters, this is the role.
What you will own
Deploy and maintain Kubernetes clusters across connected and air-gapped environments, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security.Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines designed to function in constrained and disconnected environments.Own infrastructure as code across the estate, keeping environments reproducible, auditable, and well documented.Monitor and improve platform reliability, identifying and resolving issues before they become incidents.Contribute to security hardening, access controls, and compliance evidence across the infrastructure estate.Work closely with engineering teams to support deployments into regulated and high-assurance environments.Support the broader team with tooling, automation, and platform guidance.
Essential
At least five years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, platform engineering, or systems engineering role.Strong, hands-on Kubernetes experience including cluster management, networking, and production troubleshooting.Experience working in or supporting air-gapped or disconnected environments.Infrastructure as code experience using Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent.Solid scripting ability in Python, Bash, or similar.Experience with CI/CD tooling and deployment pipelines in security-conscious environments.Eligibility to obtain UK SC clearance (residency and nationality requirements apply).
Desirable
Experience with container registries, image signing, and supply chain security in air-gapped contexts.Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) alongside on-premise or edge deployments.Experience in regulated, high-assurance, or government environments.Observability tooling experience such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
Package
Up to £100k salary, depending on experience.25 days' annual leave plus UK public bank holidays.Employer pension contribution with salary sacrifice available.Private medical insurance covering inpatient and outpatient care, diagnostics, mental health, and cancer care.Death in service cover at 4x annual salary.Access to cutting-edge AI tools as core working instruments.EMI share options in a rapidly growing scale-up.
