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Senior DevOps Engineer Jobs & Careers
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HOK Consulting connects experienced Senior DevOps Engineers with organisations improving cloud infrastructure, software delivery, automation and operational reliability across permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, CI/CD, AWS, Azure or infrastructure as code, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
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What Does a Senior DevOps Engineer Do?
Senior DevOps Engineers design and improve the automation, cloud infrastructure and delivery platforms organisations use to build, deploy and operate software reliably.
The role typically combines hands-on engineering with greater responsibility for technical design, infrastructure standards, CI/CD architecture, platform reliability and supporting other engineers.
Senior DevOps Engineers often work alongside Platform Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers, Software Engineers, Cloud Engineers and security teams to remove delivery bottlenecks and create scalable, repeatable engineering practices.
Senior DevOps Engineer Skills & Experience
The exact technical requirements vary between organisations, but Senior DevOps Engineer roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Helm
- Argo CD
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Datadog
- Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD
- Monitoring and Observability
- Cloud Automation
- Technical Leadership
Senior DevOps Engineers are generally expected to combine strong hands-on automation and cloud skills with broader knowledge of platform design, security, resilience and software delivery.
The ability to troubleshoot complex environments, make sound technical decisions and support other engineers becomes increasingly important at senior level.
Typical Senior DevOps Engineer Responsibilities
- Designing and maintaining scalable CI/CD platforms and pipelines
- Automating infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and infrastructure as code
- Designing and supporting Kubernetes and container platforms
- Managing AWS, Azure or Google Cloud environments
- Improving platform reliability, resilience and scalability
- Implementing monitoring, logging and observability
- Automating configuration and operational processes
- Supporting secure software delivery and DevSecOps practices
- Investigating complex infrastructure and deployment issues
- Contributing to cloud and platform architecture decisions
- Mentoring and supporting DevOps Engineers
- Working with software, platform, cloud and security teams to improve engineering practices
Responsibilities vary depending on the organisation, cloud environment and whether the role is focused on application delivery, infrastructure automation, platform engineering or wider DevOps transformation.
Senior DevOps Engineer Salary Expectations
Senior DevOps Engineer salaries vary according to experience, location, cloud platform, automation expertise, sector and the complexity of the technology environment.
Permanent Senior DevOps Engineer
Around £75,000 per year
UK median advertised salary
Contract Senior DevOps Engineer
Around £550 per day
UK median contract rate
Senior DevOps Engineers with specialist Kubernetes, cloud architecture, platform engineering, financial services or large-scale transformation experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide and can vary significantly between individual roles.
Senior DevOps Engineer Career Progression
Senior DevOps Engineering can lead into technical leadership, platform architecture and wider DevOps and engineering leadership positions.
Typical Senior DevOps Engineer Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
Senior DevOps Engineers may also progress into roles such as:
- Platform Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Platform Architect
- DevSecOps Engineer
- Cloud Automation Engineer
- Engineering Manager
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your automation and platform expertise, move into architecture or take responsibility for wider DevOps teams and engineering strategy.
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Senior DevOps Engineering forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider DevOps & Platform Engineering recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with specialists across automation, cloud infrastructure, site reliability, continuous delivery and technical leadership.
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HOK Consulting supports organisations looking for experienced Senior DevOps Engineers across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re modernising CI/CD, scaling Kubernetes, automating cloud infrastructure or strengthening technical leadership across a wider platform engineering function, speak to HOK about your requirements.