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Contract Lead DevOps Consultant
£120,000 - 140,000
Spectrum It Recruitment Limited
City Limits, Reading + Remote
£120,000 - 140,000
Requirements
Must:
We are seeking a hands-on Contract Lead DevOps Consultant with the following qualifications:
- Proven technical and leadership experience within high-growth DevOps environments.
- Deep understanding of high-traffic platforms, ideally in e-commerce, and customer-first infrastructure.
- Strong technical expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), New Relic (APM, Infrastructure, Alerts, Dashboards), and Cloudflare (Performance & Security or similar providers).
- A track record of driving change, challenging legacy systems, and improving processes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- A transformational mindset focused on delivery and long-term impact.
Responsibilities
As the Contract Lead DevOps Consultant, I will take full ownership of our clients' DevOps functions. My key responsibilities will include:
- Reviewing and optimizing the performance of the platform and tooling.
- Owning the architecture, performance, and cost-efficiency of the infrastructure.
- Aligning operations with core e-commerce flows and system performance metrics.
- Driving observability improvements across New Relic and Rollbar.
- Enhancing website performance, eliminating slowdowns, and optimizing customer experience.
- Reviewing and optimizing configurations for security and speed.
- Maintaining high standards of cloud security and ensuring compliance.
- Ensuring Redis and Couchbase databases run smoothly and efficiently.
Description
This is a unique opportunity for me to drive meaningful change across the organization’s DevOps operations, aligning technical performance directly with customer journeys. The role is fully remote with a contract duration of 2 months and is deemed outside IR35. I am looking for a candidate who brings fresh thinking to the table, pushes for best practices, and can deliver a short-term roadmap that sets the DevOps team up for long-term success. If I fit this description and have a proven track record of implementing best practices in high-growth environments, I encourage you to submit your CV and apply immediately.
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