DevOps Engineer Jobs in Birmingham

3 days per week required on site - Hybrid workingSalary - £40,000 - £48,000Infrastructure SQL DBA required for a leading customer based in Birmingham on a permanent basis. We are seeking a skilled Infrastructure SQL DBA, to provide hands-on support across Windows systems, databases, and hosted applications, while also playing a key part in professional services delivery and internal tooling improvements.Key Skills and Responsibilities:

Provide support across desktop environments, Windows systems, databases, and hosted applications.

Diagnose and optimise SQL performance issues

Deliver high-quality professional services, including data migrations, system installations, and transfers.

Contribute to the development of internal support infrastructure, such as ticketing systems and knowledge-sharing platforms

Own Azure environments and DevOps practices

Act as primary point of contact for infrastructure & DevOps

Windows Desktop and Server administration (setup, maintenance, troubleshooting)

MSSQL tuning and troubleshooting

SaaS platform or migration experience.

Proven experience in 2nd line or infrastructure support dealing with complex client problems

Interest in DevOps practices, automation and CI/CD pipelines

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Splunk Site Reliability Engineer

Flint UK Technology Services

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Job Title: Splunk Site Reliability Engineer/Migration Specialist (Contract)Location: Birmingham (Hybrid/On-site, required 3 days per week) Contract Type: Contract **Duration:**3 months rollingJob Summary:We are seeking an experienced Splunk SME/Migration Specialist to lead and support the migration of observability workloads from Splunk to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack). The ideal candidate will bring hands-on expertise in Splunk architecture, data ingestion, alerting, and dashboarding, along with experience migrating workloads to Elasticsearch.In addition to migration duties, the candidate will maintain and enhance existing Splunk infrastructure, provide incident support, manage upgrades, and ensure observability platforms remain secure and performant. This role demands a technically strong individual with excellent stakeholder communication and problem-solving skills.Key Responsibilities: Migration:

Develop and implement a comprehensive migration strategy from Splunk to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack).

Assess existing Splunk configurations (dashboards, alerts, saved searches, data models) and recreate them in Kibana.

Collaborate with Elastic teams to configure alerting and monitoring using Kibana, Elasticsearch Watcher, or third-party tools.

Ensure migration plans include validation, rollback procedures, and knowledge transfer.

Platform Operations & Incident Response:

Maintain Splunk infrastructure in both Production and Non-Production environments.

Support Splunk SRE and Application teams in incident investigation and resolution.

Proactively monitor system health and performance metrics.

Upgrades and Change Management:

Plan and execute upgrades to Splunk components.

Perform pre- and post-upgrade checks and validations.

Prepare documentation and submit Change Requests following organizational procedures.

Security and Compliance:

Work with Puppet and other automation tools to ensure timely patching of vulnerabilities.

Implement and verify security best practices for observability platforms.

Support compliance initiatives and audits.

Documentation and Knowledge Sharing:

Maintain accurate and up-to-date technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, configurations, procedures, and troubleshooting guides.

Review and update support articles and take ownership of relevant assets.

Support knowledge transfer across teams as needed.

Troubleshooting and Support:

Identify and resolve issues in Splunk and ELK environments.

Assist teams with Splunk-related queries and optimization efforts.

Skills and Qualifications: Essential:

Proven expertise with Splunk architecture, data ingestion, dashboarding, alerting, and administration.

Experience migrating Splunk workloads to Elasticsearch (ELK Stack).

Solid understanding of Kibana, Elasticsearch Watcher, and observability tooling.

Proficiency in Linux/Unix systems and networking protocols.

Hands-on experience with Scripting (eg, Python, Shell/Bash).

Experience supporting or working alongside DevOps/SRE teams.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Desirable:

Experience with containerized environments such as Docker or Kubernetes.

Industry certifications such as Splunk Certified Power User/Admin/Architect.

Knowledge of automation tools (eg, Puppet, Ansible).

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.

Key Attributes:

Independent and proactive problem-solver.

Collaborative and able to work cross-functionally with infrastructure, security, and application teams.

Able to work under pressure and prioritize tasks effectively.

Strong communicator, both written and verbal.

Azure DevOps Engineer

REVYBE IT RECRUITMENT LIMITED

AzureDevOpsEngineerBirmingham-Onceaweekintheoffice£60,000-£65,000BenefitsReVybeITisrecruitingforaforward-thinkingsoftwarebusiness.CurrentlylookingforaAzureDevOpsEngineertojointheteam.KeyResponsibilities:

Takeownershipofthecloudenvironment,ensuringoptimalperformanceandsecurity.

Collaboratecloselywiththeapplicationteamtointegratecloudsolutionsseamlessly.

UtilizetechnologiessuchasAzure,Kubernetes(AKS),Terraform,AzureDevOps.

Develop,deploy,andmanagecontainerizedapplicationsusingAKS.

Ensurehighavailabilityandscalabilityofmicroservices.

Implementbestpracticesforcontainerorchestrationandmonitoring.

Implementautomatedsecretsmanagementworkflows.

DesignandmaintainCI/CDpipelinesusingAzureDevOps.

Automatetesting,building,anddeploymentprocesses.

Integratewithothertoolsandservicesforseamlessworkflows.

DevelopandmanagereusableTerraformmodulesforinfrastructureascode.

Ensureconsistentandscalableinfrastructuredeployment.

Implementbestpracticesforversioncontrolandmoduledocumentation.

ComfortableworkinginanAgileenvironment.

CollaborateeffectivelywithinAgileteams.

Adaptquicklytochangesanditerativedevelopmentprocesses.

ParticipateactivelyinAgileceremoniesandpractices.

Strongscriptingandautomationskills(PowerShell,Bash,AzureCLI).

Developandmaintainscriptsforautomationanddeployment.

UsePowerShell,Bash,andAzureCLItostreamlineprocessesandimproveefficiency.

Implementautomationworkflowstoreducemanualtasks.

Requirements:

ProficientinAzurecloudservicesandrelatedtechnologies.

StrongexperiencewithTerraformforinfrastructureascode,withtheabilitytobuildmodules,andmore.

ExperiencewithAzureDevOps,GitHubActions,orsimilarforCI/CD.

ExperiencewithKubernetes(AKS)andDocker

ComfortableworkinginanAgileenvironment.

Strongscriptingandautomationskills(PowerShell,Bash,AzureCLI).

Click"APPLY"tobeconsideredforthisposition!AzureDevOpsEngineerBirmingham£60,000-£65,000Benefits

Fire & Security Engineer

Abel Alarm Company Ltd

BenefitsCompany Van/Car, Mobile Phone, Uniform & Power ToolsCompetitive pay structure - travel time, bonus, commission, overtime paymentsCall out and stand-by allowanceCommission scheme for up-sell and modificationsCompany PensionEmployee Referral SchemeLong service annual leave rewardsEmployee Assistance ProgrammeRetailer/Restaurant discountsA Bit About UsSince Abel was established in Leicester in 1965, weve earned our place at the heart of the fire and security industry. We are a third generation pioneering and multi-award winning family business providing a nationwide service throughout our local branches.Investing In Your FutureAt Abel we recognise that employee development is paramount for the future of our business.We have established a Training & Development Strategy that will not only maintain high levels of standards across the company but will also nurture the next generation of security professionals.The RoleThis is an exciting opportunity for a pro-active team player who is self-motivated and confident to strengthen our existing team.The successful candidate will be responsible for:

Installation of our wide range of fire and security products

Service of our current fire and security systems and future installations

Advising customers on new products and services to improve efficiency

Provide excellent service to customers, building solid working relationships

Being involved in a 24 hour emergency cover rota

Undertaking training and development to further your skills knowledge and experience

RequirementsA sound technical knowledge of Fire and Security products and systems (fire alarms, CCTV, Intruder and Access control) with a proven track record (minimum of 2 years)Have attained a good knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety requirementsGood understanding of British Standards, NSI (NACOSS) and BAFE requirements

Previous experience in the security industry including experience of working within commercial, residential and construction sites.

Good communication, interpersonal and organisational skills

Full UK driving licence as this is a field engineer role

Clean criminal record as all our engineers must be DBS checked

Equality, Diversity and InclusionAbel Alarm are an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity throughout our nationwide branches and value people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles and circumstances.Contact:If you meet the above criteria and feel you can make an impact in our well respected and evolving business, please apply!Next steps:Once you have applied your CV will be reviewed by our in house recruitment team. Shortlisted candidates will then contacted by our regional engineering managers within 14 days. Due to a high number of applicants we are unable to respond to all applications.No agencies please.

Platform Engineer - Azure

Our client is in the Non for Profit sector based in the UK and is looking to grow their team with 2 new Platform Engineers. This role is 100% remote based from within the UK and you will be joining a Tech team of 60 and 5 in the Platform team.Client DetailsOur client is in the Non for Profit sector based in the UK and is looking to grow their team with 2 new Platform Engineers. This role is 100% remote based from within the UK and you will be joining a Tech team of 60 and 5 in the Platform team.DescriptionMust haves:

Azure

Strong communication skills

Nice to haves:

PCI-DSS

Cyber Essentials

Infra as a service (new area they are looking into)

Azure certifications AZ-104. AZ-305, AZ-500

ProfileA successful Platform Engineer should have:

Strong technical expertise in platform engineering and architecture.

Experience with cloud technologies and infrastructure management tools.

Proficiency in coding and scripting for automation purposes.

Knowledge of system monitoring and performance tuning.

Understanding of security protocols and compliance requirements.

A collaborative approach to working in multidisciplinary teams.

Job Offer

100% Remote

26 days holiday + BHS - rising with service to 30

Buy 5 extra days

Enhanced maternity & paternity

Any extra time off can be taken off in Lieu

Matched pension up to 11%

Health cash plan

Time off to volunteer

SIEM Software Engineering Lead (Snowhill, Birmingham, United Kingdom)

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Why this job mattersThe new Network SIEM is essential to BT’s network security, meeting TSA requirements and improving our CAF level. Being the SIEM DevOps with SysOps Software Engineer you will play a critical role in designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining our strategic SIEM platform as part of the Security Engineering platform team, leading the implementation of the SIEM Automation strategy and providing guidance and oversight of the SIEM Platform Automation team.This role is hybrid (3 days in the week) and can be based in one of the following offices: Birmingham (preferably) or ManchesterWhat you’ll be doing

A Technical leadership role working in a high performing team of engineers delivering state of the art security tools for BT.

Kubernetes DevOps/SysOps Engineering role managing Kubernetes clusters and container orchestration, automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Implement best practices for Kubernetes configuration and security.

Configuration, deployment and maintenance of Elastic Stack on Kubernetes (ECK)

DevOps/SysOps Engineering collaborating with cross-functional teams (development, operations, and QA) to streamline software delivery and automating deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools

Troubleshoot issues along the CI/CD pipeline

Act as product owner, breaking down top level requirements into product backlogs as part of quarterly/sprint planning

Interface with program and project managers to ensure appropriate security architecture engagement as necessary.

Provide effective technology coaching and mentoring both inside and outside the team.

Growth mindset and a desire to learn, teach, and improve skills.

Previous ownership of mission-critical shared infrastructure

Skills Required for the RoleEssential:

End-to-End Solution Delivery: Expertise in taking ownership of a requirement from start to finish, including gathering detailed requirements, designing, and implementing robust, innovative solutions.

Experience with containerization technology and orchestration platforms e.g. Docker, Kubernetes

Hands-on experience in installing, configuring, operating, and monitoring CI/CD pipeline tools

Experience in Python, JavaScript, Golang.

Experience on Gitlab CI or GitHub Actions

Experience in monitoring tools as Grafana, ELK

Experience in Agile software development systems and JIRA Tools.

Understanding IT, network services and security

Ability to collaborate effectively with others to drive forward key security objectives

Strong communication skills including presentation and documentation writing (to both technical and business audiences)

An aptitude for autonomous learning as required by the demands of the business

Proven problem-solving abilities

Assertiveness, and the ability to drive through change

Excellent team working skills including the ability to work effectively within a geographically disparate team

Advantageous:

SIEM Experience with Elastic Stack (ELK)

Knowledge of ArgoCD, Terraform

Knowledge CI/CD tools Ansible, Circle CI, Jenkins, Parker, Terraform

Knowledge of Offensive testing frameworks

Message processing using Kafka, Rabbit MQ

Knowledge of Linux, Windows and Network Administration

Knowledge and experience of cloud services (public or private), OpenStack and K8S

DevOps qualifications

Knowledge of Telecoms Security Act (TSA)

Knowledge of architectural concepts such as microservices, service mesh.

Strong knowledge of security policy/regulatory frameworks

Experience Required for the Role

Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or other related fields

5+ years experience in a Dev Ops Role demonstrating ownership of a critical platform

Experience leading a Dev Ops squad proving oversight and leadership for the members.

Benefits

On target 10% on target bonus

BT Pension scheme, minimum 5% Employee contribution, BT contribution 10%

From January 2025, equal family leave: receive 18 weeks at full pay, 8 weeks at half pay and 26 weeks at the statutory rate. It’s for all parents, no matter how your family is made up.

Enhanced women’s health support: including help with menopause symptoms, cancer screenings, period care and more.

25 days annual leave (not including bank holidays), increasing with service

24/7 private virtual GP appointments for UK colleagues

2 weeks carer’s leave

World-class training and development opportunities

Option to join BT Shares Saving schemes.

About usBT Group was the world’s first telco and our heritage in the sector is unrivalled. As home to several of the UK’s most recognised and cherished brands – BT, EE, Openreach and Plusnet, we have always played a critical role in creating the future, and we have reached an inflection point in the transformation of our business. Over the next two years, we will complete the UK’s largest and most successful digital infrastructure project – connecting more than 25 million premises to full fibre broadband. Together with our heavy investment in 5G, we play a central role in revolutionising how people connect with each other. While we are through the most capital-intensive phase of our fibre investment, meaning we can reward our shareholders for their commitment and patience, we are absolutely focused on how we organise ourselves in the best way to serve our customers in the years to come. This includes radical simplification of systems, structures, and processes on a huge scale. Together with our application of AI and technology, we are on a path to creating the UK’s best telco, reimagining the customer experience and relationship with one of this country’s biggest infrastructure companies. Change on the scale we will all experience in the coming years is unprecedented. BT Group is committed to being the driving force behind improving connectivity for millions and there has never been a more exciting time to join a company and leadership team with the skills, experience, creativity, and passion to take this company into a new era.A FEW POINTS TO NOTE:Although these roles are listed as full-time, if you’re a job share partnership, work reduced hours, or any other way of working flexibly, please still get in touch.We will also offer reasonable adjustments for the selection process if required, so please do not hesitate to inform us.DON’T MEET EVERY SINGLE REQUIREMENT?Studies have shown that women and people who are disabled, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse or from ethnic minority backgrounds are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification and criteria. We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace where everyone can be their best, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement on the Job Description, please apply anyway - you may just be the right candidate for this or other roles in our wider team.

Ready to automate, innovate and make a real impact?Do you want to build reliable, scalable systems that make a real difference to millions of people? Do you want to work at a certified B Corp with an inclusive and learning culture as part of a diverse team of great people?If so, Opencast could be the place for you. We’re a growing tech consultancy that creates user-centred solutions with purpose for our clients in government, healthcare and purpose-driven businesses. Working in DevOps, you’ll build and maintain the systems that let teams respond quickly to needs. You’llwork on high-impact projects, helping to build reliable, scalable systems. We align work to industry-recognised roles such as Build & Release Engineer (BRE), Platform Engineer (PLE) or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) and, where needed, to more specialised areas such as security, cloud hosting, infrastructure or networking.What’s life like as a DevOps consultant at Opencast?At Opencast, we love to keep things simple, and we love automation.It’s not the same as your standard Devops Consultant job. Depending on your client’s needs, you’ll take on a range of roles. These will include:

Taking the lead on responding to outages, triaging issues, balancing stakeholder priorities/concerns, and keeping communication channels open with all parties.

Developing, and implementing continuous deployment solutions that help our clients to deliver software faster and more efficiently.

Collaborating with our clients to understand their ways of working and will have an enthusiasm to learn new tools and technologies as needed.

Contributing within Opencast communities.

Ensure that work is carried out in accordance with Opencast’s quality, environmental, and information security policies and procedures, as well as applicable customer policies, standards, and procedures while working on client.

We care about building things right. We believe in good devops practices and keeping things simple. We want to support you as much as we can on interiorising our approach to devops engineering and you supporting others.

We are proud consultants who combine our own experience and approach with our company values.

We are comfortable with new tech. We are empowered, cloud native, vendor agnostic devops engineers. We are empathetic, patient and care about quality.

We know when to pick our battles and how to manage expectations. We are humble, inclusive team players that listen and collaborate, with zero egos!

We’re always willing to teach and help others (inside or outside of our team). And we’re always willing to learn.

It’s a varied job that keeps you super technical and excited.

Salary:

£50,000 - £60,000

Some of the benefits our offer includes:

A competitive pension, health cash plan, share options and discretionary bonus.

Flexible hours and 25 days’ holiday.

People to support you every step of the way.

Where you’ll work:

Your working time at Opencast will be split between multiple locations, including from our HQ and hub locations, client site or home. Travel is part of life at Opencast, and takes in account requirements of your work, our clients and your team.

We include you:

We welcome candidates from all identities, attributes, ways of thinking and backgrounds to thrive in a career at Opencast. Our aim is for the diversity of our people to be reflected in the solutions we deliver, to help create a fairer society for all.

Interview:

Job interviews are on Microsoft Teams. We’ll make any adjustments to help you.

Spotlight

DevOps Senior Consultant - clone

The RoleYou’ll lead on responding to outages, triaging issues, balancing stakeholder priorities/concerns, and keeping open communication channels.You’ll be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing continuous deployment solutions that help our clients to deliver software faster and more efficiently.You’ll be keen to understand our clients’ ways of working and will have an enthusiasm to learn new tools and technologies as needed.Essential experienceWe want you to have demonstrable experience in DevOps practices and appreciate that Cloud & Platform Engineering are big topics. Ultimately, we’re looking for talented engineers who can learn modern technologies in the digital space.In the interview, please show your experience in:· Designing, building, and testing software release processes that cover the entire SDLC.· Creating, modifying, and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines.· Creating dashboards and visualisations for application performance that proactively identify and address potential problems before they occur.· Using automated testing to detect security issues/vulnerabilities in application and/or infrastructure code, thereby detecting issues before it reaches production (aka Shift-Left).· Strong experience in operating and maintaining services primarily in any of the BIG three public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP).Desirable experienceSome other areas of experience that are not essential but still relevant to the role:· Identifying problems using RCA or 5-Whys methods and suggesting solutions to reduce the likelihood of incidents reoccurring.· A strong understanding of cloud networking and security concepts.· Understanding the principles of containerisation, and how to control and orchestrate groups of containers in production environments.· Writing clean, organised, structured and version-controlled code.· Knowledge of at least one scripting language that enables you to perform more complex automation tasks thereby reducing manual toil.· Preference for using CLI tools over relying on web portals.· Understanding SRE (live services) ways of working, that enables you to better increase reliability and availability of the service you support.· Auditing your service for FinOps and SecOps related compliance issues.Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance.If you don’t have all this experience please do still apply, as we can coach you in these areas if you join us.

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