

DevOps Engineer
β - Featured Role | Apply direct with Data Freelance Hub
This role is for a DevOps Engineer, contract length unspecified, offering a competitive pay rate. Work location is flexible. Key skills include AWS, Infrastructure as Code, Python scripting, CI/CD, and agile experience. Requires 4+ years in DevOps or platform engineering.
π - Country
United Kingdom
π± - Currency
Β£ GBP
-
π° - Day rate
-
ποΈ - Date discovered
July 28, 2025
π - Project duration
Unknown
-
ποΈ - Location type
Unknown
-
π - Contract type
Unknown
-
π - Security clearance
Unknown
-
π - Location detailed
United Kingdom
-
π§ - Skills detailed
#GitLab #GCP (Google Cloud Platform) #Microservices #Cloud #Prometheus #Automation #Strategy #Scripting #Monitoring #Datadog #AI (Artificial Intelligence) #Data Integration #DevOps #GitHub #Kubernetes #Migration #Python #Observability #Security #Docker #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Azure #BitBucket #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #Scala #Agile #Consulting #Deployment #Terraform #Logging
Role description
Heading 1
Heading 2
Heading 3
Heading 4
Heading 5
Heading 6
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur.
Block quote
Ordered list
- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
Unordered list
- Item A
- Item B
- Item C
Bold text
Emphasis
Superscript
Subscript
About us:
Weβre Rascal, a purpose-driven technology studio blending strategy, delivery, and culture to solve complex challenges. As a B-Corp in progress, we partner with forward-thinking teams across tech, ecommerce, health, and social impact sectors. Our approach is bold, helpful, and human and weβre growing.
Weβre now looking for a DevOps Engineer to help us scale delivery and support on several client projects ranging from platform migrations to new product builds.
About the role:
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused DevOps role. Youβll work across infrastructure setup, automation pipelines, CI/CD implementation, cloud deployments, and support lightweight engineering teams with scalable, secure, and repeatable environments. Youβll also advise on tooling and best practice, supporting both Rascal internal workflows and client projects.
Responsibilities:
β’ Designing and managing CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines)
β’ Infrastructure as code using Terraform or similar
β’ Deploying scalable cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
β’ Managing secrets, access control, backups and logging
β’ Working alongside developers to support environments for APIs, data integrations and frontend builds
β’ Supporting internal and client teams to ship faster and more reliably
β’ Advising on DevOps hygiene: testing, rollback, monitoring, and deployment strategies
β’ Advise on platform reliability, security, and cost optimisation
β’ Helping us evolve our internal delivery processes for tech-led consulting work
β’ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into platform solutions
β’ Support internal DevOps/Platform operations (including client billing environments, data integrations and shared infrastructure)
Required:
β’ Strong hands-on experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code
β’ Python scripting or equivalent backend engineering and automation experience
β’ Strong knowledge of DevOps best practices (CI/CD, observability, rollback strategies)
β’ Solid experience managing multiple environments and apps with access controls
β’ Experience with technologies like Docker, Serverless and Microservices
β’ Proficiency with IaC tools (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation)
β’ Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes basics)
β’ Extensive experience working iteratively in an agile environment.
β’ Excellent problem-solving attitude and ability to think on your feet.
β’ Design and optimisation experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery as cornerstones of the development practices.
β’ Working in a fast-paced environment where requirements and projects are always changing
β’ 4+ yearsβ experience in DevOps or platform engineering
β’ Solid understanding of software engineering lifecycles and agile workflows
β’ Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, etc.)
β’ Strong communication skills
Optional experience:
β’ Experience with GitOps
β’ Familiarity with Contentful, Kontent.ai, Vercel, or Netlify
β’ Experience in consultancy, agency or startup environments
Why Join Us?
β’ Meaningful work with purpose-led clients
β’ Flexible schedules, no micromanagement
β’ Friendly team of product, design and engineering minds
β’ Opportunity to influence how we scale DevOps as a service offering
β’ Work across multiple industries and challenges
Interview Process
Short process 1-3 weeks total:
β’ Application assessment
β’ Initial screening interview
β’ Assessment interview (90 mins)
β’ If successful there will be a final interview
β’ Possible informal chat with CEO