DevOps Engineer

Synoptix
Broomhill, City Of Bristol, Bristol (county), BS4 4SE, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£40,000 – £50,000 pa

Salary

£40,000 – £50,000 pa

Posted
2 Apr 2026 (3 weeks ago)

DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer

The Role:

This is a crucial role in ensuring the network infrastructure is optimised for performance and resilience, and mentoring support staff in network infrastructure best practice. The role combines hands-on support of the product pipeline whilst contributing to the improvement of key systems.

Essential Skills:

Knowledge of DevOps practices including:

CI/CD pipeline design and automation

Containerisation and orchestration

Monitoring and observability tools

Experience in the defence or advanced technology sector

Experience with GPU based computer environments

Experience with MLOps and associated tooling

Experience with data pipelines

Experience with Infrastructure as Code

Experience with security integration in DevOps i.e. DevSecOps

Service-oriented with effective communication skills

Ability to prioritize workload under minimal supervision

Undergraduate degree or equivalent working experience

Essential Tools:

Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux

Windows 365 environment

Gitlab, Gitlab CI

Docker, Kubernetes

Desirable Tools:

Alpine Linux

Terraform, Ansible

Additional tools as required

Benefits:

Annual Company Bonus – Based on company performance

25 Days holiday not including bank holidays with the option to buy/sell up to 5 days

Flexible hybrid working arrangements

Continuous professional development including incentives

Access to online Udemy training facility to support grade specific learning pathways

Electric car scheme

Bike to work scheme

Private health care (BUPA)

Job well done scheme

Employer assistance scheme

About Us:

Synoptix was formed in 2011 to provide engineering solutions across various technical industries. We have evolved from a company established and focussed on Systems Thinking principles into an Engineering company providing solutions and services across three key capabilities: Systems, Cyber & InfoSec and Technology. What makes us stand out is how we engage in the crossover areas between these disciplines, combining our strengths to provide a truly bespoke, market leading approach. Our engineering competence is bolstered by expertise in commercial, legal, financial and resource, thereby ensuring that we uphold excellence in our product and service offerings.

Please note that due to the nature of our projects we can only accept Sole UK National candidates who will need to be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance.

By applying to this position, you are confirming that you consent to the retention of your personal data. Your data is held securely on our own premises and under the terms of the Data Protection Act (2018). It will be treated as confidential, and will not be transferred to any third party, or to any other jurisdiction without your consent. We will not hold any data for any longer than is necessary for us to fulfil our obligations and will remove any data at your written request

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