DevOps Engineer, Puppet, Terraform, GITLAB

DevOps Engineer

Location: Bristol/Hybrid

Contract Length: 6 months

Day Rate: Up to £600 a day (Outside IR35)

We're working with a highly regulated organisation seeking a Systems Operations Engineer to join their infrastructure and platform team. This role will play a key part in driving automation, improving platform reliability, and supporting the ongoing evolution of a modern cloud and Linux-based environment.

You'll be responsible for maintaining and enhancing critical infrastructure, implementing Infrastructure as Code best practices, and supporting the delivery of secure, scalable platforms. Working closely with engineering teams, you'll help streamline deployments, improve operational efficiency, and ensure systems remain resilient and compliant.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab

Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform

Support and enhance Puppet-based configuration management

Administer and optimise Linux environments, primarily CentOS/RHEL

Improve automation across infrastructure and operational processes

Implement and support monitoring, alerting and observability solutions

Work closely with engineering teams to deliver reliable and secure platforms

Support incident management, troubleshooting and root cause analysis

Contribute to security, governance and compliance initiatives

Drive continuous improvement across infrastructure and DevOps practices

Essential Skills & Experience

Strong commercial experience with Puppet

Strong hands-on experience with Terraform

Experience administering and developing GitLab CI/CD pipelines

Strong Linux administration experience (CentOS, RHEL or similar)

Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and automation solutions

Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools

Scripting experience with Bash and/or Python

Experience working within a regulated environment, such as Financial Services, Banking, FinTech, Insurance or another highly governed sector

Reasonable Adjustments

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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