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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?\nIf 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’ll work 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.\nThe Role\nAt Opencast, we love to keep things simple, and we love automation.\nIt’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:\nTaking the lead on responding to outages, triaging issues, balancing stakeholder priorities/concerns, and keeping communication channels open with all parties. \nDeveloping, and implementing continuous deployment solutions that help our clients to deliver software faster and more efficiently. \nCollaborating with our clients to understand their ways of working and will have an enthusiasm to learn new tools and technologies as needed. \nContributing within Opencast communities.\nEnsure 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. \nWe 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.\nWe are proud consultants who combine our own experience and approach with our company values.\nWe are comfortable with new tech. We are empowered, cloud native, vendor agnostic DevOps engineers. We are empathetic, patient and care about quality.\nWe know when to pick our battles and how to manage expectations. We are humble, inclusive team players that listen and collaborate, with zero egos!\nWe’re always willing to teach and help others (inside or outside of our team). And we’re always willing to learn.\nIt’s a varied job that keeps you super technical and excited.\nRequirements\nThis role involves weekly on-site work, and you’ll be required to travel regularly to client locations across the UK. We’re looking for people who value in-person collaboration, enjoy building strong relationships, and are passionate about delivering solutions that make a real difference for our clients.\nDue to the nature of this role, you must either hold active Security Check (SC) clearance or be eligible and willing to undergo the clearance process.\nSC clearance is granted in line with UK Government security vetting requirements. Typically, applicants must have UK citizenship and have lived continuously in the UK for at least the past five years, with no single absence exceeding 28 consecutive days. Nationality and immigration status may also be considered as part of the vetting process. We are unable to progress applications from candidates who do not meet these requirements.\nIf you are unsure whether you meet the eligibility criteria, we encourage you to review the guidance or discuss this with us before applying.\nWe’re looking to welcome new team members for multiple roles from June 2026 onward. If you’re interested in joining Opencast, we’d encourage you to apply.\nEssential experience\nTo succeed in this role, you'll have experience working within DevOps and be able to demonstrate, with tangible examples, that you can:\nCreate, modify, and maintain complex CI/CD pipelines.\n\nCreate dashboards and visualisations for application performance that proactively identify and address potential problems before they occur.\n\nUse automated testing to detect security issues/vulnerabilities in application and/or infrastructure code, thereby detecting issues before it reaches production (aka Shift-Left).\n\nStrong experience in operating and maintaining services primarily in any of the BIG three public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, and GCP).\n\nEssential consulting skills\nIn addition to DevOps skills, there are essential core skills you need to be an Opencast consultant. You'll need to demonstrate how you:\nContribute to improving ways of working and driving continuous improvements within your teams. \nShare knowledge and best practice with fellow consultants, including proactively engaging in client and Opencast communities of practice. \nPositively challenge decisions or solutions you don't agree with, striving for the best client outcome.\nCreate lasting value in the projects you work on, ensuring a user-centric, sustainable approach. \nEngage with Opencast in a meaningful way, supporting the growth of your practice and wider capability. \nSupport Opencast's growth plans, by providing case studies and updates into the relevant forums of your project work. \nDuring the interview process, we'll ask questions to explore your experience across these areas.\nSalary\n£50,000 - £60,000 per annum.\nWhat we offer\nA competitive package including a 7% employer pension contribution, share options, and a discretionary bonus. You’ll also benefit from 25 days’ holiday and access to 3 annual “life happens” days to support unexpected situations. We provide wellbeing support, ongoing professional development, volunteering opportunities, and the chance to be part of a genuinely supportive team.\nWhere you’ll work\nThis role requires regular on-site attendance at our HQ, hub offices, and client sites, as well as the ability to work from home. Applicants must be able to travel to offices and client sites across the UK as part of their normal working arrangements, as travel is essential for fulfilling the responsibilities of the role.\nWe include you\nWe 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.\nInterview\nInterviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams. 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