DevOps Engineer - Delivery Centre

Agency:

Credera

Job Function:

Consulting

Job Subfunction:

Technology Consulting

Job Description:

Would you like to be part of a growing engineering capability in a people-centric organisation? Or perhaps work in an open and collaborative learning environment? Are you passionate about technology, people and developing your coding skills? We have got all this and more. Whatever your aspirations, we’re looking for engineers to be part of an exceptional technology capability, providing dedicated engineering capacity for our clients.

At Credera, we work with a range of clients and help them to level-up their engineering capabilities in a partnership model. Through our Delivery Centre, we help them build microservices architectures, develop AI and machine learning capabilities and operate cloud infrastructure. As part of the Delivery Centre team, you’ll collaborate with architects, technology consultants and client stakeholders, giving you a chance to hone your skills across the latest technologies, development and operational practices, and cloud platforms, whilst growing your career.

The central hub for this position is in Newcastle, but we welcome applicants from across the North-East. We operate a hybrid working policy with an expectation of 60% in office time. We value collaboration and client impact, so our hybrid model is designed to strike a balance between flexibility, in-person connection, and delivering exceptional outcomes for our clients.

Please note: Due to the nature of this role and specific client engagement, any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory BPSS and SC security clearance. To meet the client's eligibility requirements, applicants must have been resident in the UK for the last five years and must not have spent more than six consecutive months outside the UK during that period.

Requirements
As a Platform Engineer in Credera’s Delivery Centre capability, you’ll work as part of a close-knit team supporting one of our long-term client partnerships alongside architects, support engineers, and delivery leaders. Building on Credera’s reputation for engineering excellence, you’ll have a chance to learn from a team of experts who can help you develop into a future technical leader.

Consultancy to us is about customer delivery first, carried out by technically excellent people with a learning mindset. Whilst working on a long-term engagement, you will have access to a range of training and development opportunities, as well as coaching and mentoring from experienced technologists. You are perceptive, personable, culturally sensitive and demonstrate a high degree of emotional intelligence. To meet our client's needs, you will need to be security clearable.

You'll have:
- The ability to work collaboratively
- A drive for self-improvement and learning new technologies
- Demonstrable experience in automating operations tasks with one or more scripting languages
- Experience with configuration tools such as GitHub/Jenkins
- Experience creating and/or maintaining production software delivery pipelines using common CI/CD tools
- Experience working with AWS
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Cloudformation)
- The ability to deliver defined work packages and tickets to agreed time and quality with limited supervision, following established processes and standards
- The ability to plan your own workload, contribute to short-term team planning, and escalate blockers promptly while proposing practical solutions
- A structured, methodical approach, applying established methods to identify and help resolve delivery issues and seeking guidance where needed
- Associate-level AWS cloud certification
- A willingness to support more junior colleagues and take ownership for implementing agreed improvements
- You will be required to hold active SC clearance for this role.

Desirable skills
- Experience automating operations tasks with one or more scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash).
- Familiarity with configuration management tooling (e.g. Ansible).
- Experience working with additional public cloud providers (e.g. Azure or GCP)
- Cloud certifications in additional public cloud platforms (Azure or GCP)
- Experience supporting and operating production systems.
- Exposure to containerisation and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience using AI or Agentic techniques in application of the role through GitHub CoPilot, Claude Code, or equivalent.

Benefits
Along with a great company culture, Credera provides an exceptional compensation package including a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefit plan. Whilst working on a long-term engagement, you will have access to a range of training and development opportunities, as well as coaching and mentoring from experienced technologists.

Our consistent growth over the years and entrepreneurial environment, provides an excellent platform to embark upon an exciting career path, where your contribution really counts, and we will recognise it. With a supportive network of colleagues around the globe and exciting client assignments, you’ll feel empowered to bring your best self and thrive in a collaborative environment. We are a social bunch of people and connect as a team on a regular basis.

Learn More
Credera is Omnicom’s global consulting firm that combines transformational consulting capabilities, deep industry knowledge, AI and technology expertise to deliver valuable customer experiences and accelerated growth across a broad range of industries worldwide. Our one-of-a-kind global boutique approach means we provide our clients with tailored solutions unique to their organisation that can scale due to our extensive footprint. As a values-led organisation, our mission is to make an extraordinary impact on our clients, our people, and our community.

We believe it is this approach that has allowed us to work with and transform the most influential brands and organisations in the world, from strategy through to execution. More information is available at credera.co.uk. We are part of the OPM Group of Companies, within Omnicom Group Inc.

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