Senior DevOps Engineer

5w1 month ago

Harrods

GB · Full-time · £80,000 – £110,000

About this role

Harrods is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support our Digital Technology Team. In this role, you will be responsible for the support and overall service of all production and non-production applications and environments across our ecommerce and digital estate.

You will own and maintain the deployment pipelines, ensure operational excellence, and partner closely with development, the wider IT team, and third-party providers. The role balances hands-on operational responsibilities with strategic improvements, ensuring monitoring, security, and performance are embedded into every solution.

Working as part of the DevOps team, you will mentor peers, promote best practices, and drive continuous optimisation across platforms and processes. You will need to keep calm under pressure and work at a pace that balances operational elements while looking ahead.

This is an opportunity to turn technical requirements into effective solutions and make a real difference at a leading retailer. You will identify proactive measures to preventatively optimise and continuously improve the solutions.

Requirements

Demonstrable hands-on experience in Azure cloud and Azure DevOps deploying highly available, scalable, and resilient applications and infrastructure
Experience with CI/CD pipelines deploying scalable web and mobile applications in the cloud
Experience monitoring and troubleshooting business-critical applications such as web and mobile apps using logs, application monitoring, and synthetic monitoring
Experience with scripting languages such as Python, PowerShell, and C#
Experience with ITSM tool, ITIL, and ISO 27001
Experience deploying infrastructure as code (Pulumi preferred)
Experience in containerisation technology (e.g. Docker, AKS)
Experience with database technologies including MS SQL and Cosmos DB

Responsibilities

Support and maintain all production and non-production applications and environments across the ecommerce and digital estate
Own and maintain deployment pipelines to ensure reliable, secure, and scalable digital services
Ensure monitoring, security, and performance implications are considered and correct measures are in place to detect problems early
Identify proactive measures to preventatively optimise and continuously improve solutions
Mentor peers and promote best practices across platforms and processes
Partner closely with development, the wider IT team, and third-party providers
Drive continuous optimisation across platforms and processes

Benefits

Friendly environment to inspire your best work
Abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across varied specialisms
Culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive