DevOps Engineer

Who are we?

We’re a specialist employee benefits provider, striving to create healthy, happy workplaces. As part of the international Unum Group, we’re on a collective mission to help the working world thrive.

What will you be doing?

What will you bring?

We are hiring a DevOps Engineer, who will be a key member of the UK Engineering and DevOps Team, providing expertise and automation solutions to the wider IT Delivery department.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and configure software solutions with minimal supervision.
• Collaborate within an agile team to deliver a high-quality Developer Platform.
• Support delivery teams with configuration of CI/CD pipelines and SDLC tooling.
• Adopt, demonstrate, and share good DevOps and Platform Engineering practices.
• Collaborate with Developers, Infrastructure Engineers, Platform Engineers, and Information Security.
• Ensure that solutions are secure and scalable. Comply with defined standards and best practices.

Skills and Experience:

• Software development experience in at least one of Node.js, .NET, Python, Azure, Powershell, bash.
• Strong technical design, problem-solving, and documentation skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Working knowledge of DevOps concepts, security, and practices.
• Experience with modern technologies such as virtualisation, containerisation, and cloud (preferably Azure).
• Confident when consulting with delivery teams. Able to champion DevOps practices.
• Keen to engage in technical and process improvement discussions.
• Focused on continuous improvement, through experimentation, training, and certification.
• Able to demonstrate a driven attitude, working hard to successfully deliver projects on-time and on-budget.

The successful candidate can expect: 

• Generous Bonus.
• DC pension scheme.
• Life, medical and income Insurance. 

• Access to remote GP, nutrition coaching, personal training, unlimited mental health support, and medical 2nd opinion. 
• 27 days holiday in addition to Bank Holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days holiday each year.
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme with free on-site electric chargers.  

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Why join us?

At Unum, we’ve created a workplace where people feel supported to progress and grow, and can see their ambitions coming to life.

As a part of our commitment to creating an inclusive workplace, we actively encourage applications from those with disabilities and those with long-term health conditions.

If you meet the essential criteria for the role and choose to opt in to the scheme during your application, you will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.

If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

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