Infrastructure Specialist

Leeds Source: WhatJobs

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Overview

In this role, you’ll help modernise our private cloud with middleware-focused automation, enabling secure and reusable delivery patterns. You’ll collaborate with middleware engineers to turn technical requirements into scalable pipelines and self-service tooling. You’ll own automated delivery for middleware lifecycle activities and raise the reliability, observability, and security of platforms. Join a team focused on DevOps, cloud platforms, and enterprise middleware to drive tangible automation results and strategic platform capability.

Pay / Benefits

generous pension contribution up to 15%
annual performance related bonus
discounted shopping
28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
wellbeing initiatives
generous parental leave policies

Responsibilities

Translate requirements and operational practices into automated deployment and operational patterns with middleware SMEs
Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, scripts and self-service tooling for consistent middleware delivery
Automate middleware lifecycle activities: provisioning, configuration, testing, upgrades, patching and validation
Collaborate with platform, product, application, security and supplier teams to deliver and improve services
Build secure, resilient, and observable solutions using good testing, version control and documentation practices
Learn from experienced engineers to continuously enhance automation and platform capabilities

Key requirements

Hands-on experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments using Harness, Jenkins, UCD, GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
Strong Git and configuration-as-code practices (branching, PRs, reviews)
Scripting/automation using Python, Bash, Salt, Ansible, or PowerShell
Ability to work with technical SMEs to turn requirements into maintainable automation
Strong problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills; understanding of security, resilience, change and enterprise support
Ability to write clear technical documentation and own outcomes while seeking support when needed