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Contract Lead DevOps Consultant

Duration: 3-6 months (immediate start)

IR35 Status: Outside IR35

Location: Fully Remote Working

We're looking for a strategic, hands-off contract Lead DevOps Consultant to onboard and understand of our clients end-to-end DevOps function and processes. This is a unique opportunity to drive meaningful change across the organisations DevOps operations, aligning technical performance directly with customer journeys. The role is deemed outside IR35 and fully remote based.

The contract Lead DevOps Consultant will play a critical role in reviewing, challenging and reengineering how the business processes operate. Working closely with development teams, you'll ensure our infrastructure is robust, scalable and built to support the organisations evolving global e-commerce platform. The successful candidate needs a strong technical background with proven experience implementing DevOps playbooks, owning and defining incident and alerting systems that can deliver a short-term roadmap that sets the DevOps team up for long-term success.

Key Responsibilities

Performance review of the platform and tooling
Align operations with core e-commerce flows and system performance metrics
Drive observability, incident and alerting improvements
Create DevOps onboarding plan for future hire
Unify incident and alerting management frameworks
Define clearly documented response procedures for incidents once understanding business and customer workflows
Maintain high standards of cloud security and ensure complianceKey Experience

Proven technical and leadership within high growth DevOps environments
Deep understanding of high traffic platforms (ideally e-commerce) and customer-first infrastructure
Strong background and knowledge in the following environments (hands-off role):
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
New Relic (APM, Infrastructure, Alerts, Dashboards)
Cloudflare (Performance & Security or similar providers)
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 impactIf you're a strategic Contract Lead DevOps Consultant with a proven track record of operationalization DevOps processes, designing playbooks and implementing best practices in high-growth environments, submit your CV and apply immediately.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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