Permanent DevOps Engineer - Digital

Full time (36.5 hrs pw) or part time options available

Hybrid working – Whilst we are happy to consider remote/hybrid working, our team is based on the Streatham Campus in Exeter and we really feel visiting and spending time as a team will be valuable to being fully engaged with the team.

Starting Salary up to £55,000. (This is a Grade F role with a starting salary from £39,745 up to £48,841 depending on qualifications and experience and currently attracts a Market Supplement of £6000)

We are currently looking for an Experienced DevOps Engineer to join our growing Engineering Chapter. As one of our DevOps Engineers, you will be a key part of the team delivering innovative digital solutions using a cloud-first approach with modern technologies to enable our users to achieve their goals.

What you’ll be doing…

• Working as part of a team who helps the delivery teams by ensuring they have the shared tools and practices in place to deliver and succeed.
• Working to put suitable platforms, tools, governance, guidance in place to enable the cross functional teams to deliver at a sustainable pace with an automated Continuous Integration (CI) / Continuous Delivery (CD) approach to platform and software delivery, adopting appropriate tooling and governance to create repeatable, resilient and controlled deployments.
• Supporting the day-to-day management and control of all environments, from development infrastructure and applications right through to Production, ensuring they are aligned and the best possible service available to support business processes. Providing guidance on Financial Operations and suggesting improvements along the way

Our Engineering Chapter…..

• Creates immersive high-quality solutions by applying new and innovative methods and technology. Following an agile development approach with DevOps at the core.
• Follows DevOps practices automating as many tasks as possible to deliver solutions.
• Delivers new services, and maintains existing platforms to enable delivery

Just some of the benefits that come with this role include:

• 33 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Full university USS pension scheme – Over 21.4% employer contributions!
• Access to the latest technologies and platforms
• We'll take your personal and professional development very seriously and we’ll empower you to keep developing your expert skills
• Competitive salary
• Flexible working
• Loads of discounts at leading retailers including 10% off everything at the Co-op!
• Onsite gyms on all of our campuses and a cycle to work scheme
• Sector leading policies around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave(up to 26 weeks full pay), paternity leave (up to six weeks full pay) and a new Fertility Treatment Policy
• Stunning campus locations in Exeter and Cornwall

We’re really looking for…

• Great experience and skills in Dev Ops! (the technical stuff is in the job spec)
• Strong AWS experience
• Someone who is fired up to join our brand-new digital team and help us carve out our new digital capability from scratch!
• Someone who is not afraid to bring new ideas to table and who wants to make a massive positive impact on the future of education.
• We have a small but mighty team right now and we’re really proud of how the team is shaping up – so we want someone who is really positive and genuinely enjoys working together to solve problems!
• Ability to break down barriers and build lasting relationships.

If you’re interested, please apply right away – we’ll review applications and interview as we go (don’t miss out).

Apply with your CV and short a cover note telling us how great you are and how your skills line up to what we’re looking for!

What we’re all about – Digital Team

We are the UoE Digital Team and we are delivering one of the boldest digital transformations in the higher education sector. Our vision is ambitious – we want to re-invent the higher education destination making it more accessible than ever before. With Ash Roots as our Chief Digital Officer we are building a revolutionary digital team. Rich in diversity and expertise we will help the University realise it’s true potential. We work in an agile way and have organised the team into chapters (groups of people with the same skill sets) and squads (made up of people from the chapters who can work autonomously and to their own goals). We want to test and champion new working models in our squads that push the boundaries of inclusivity, location, and flexibility. Our users will be at the heart of everything we do and we’ll develop new ways to deliver value, make things easier and generate new income along the way.

Check out our LinkedIn careers page see what a fun bunch we are!

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 150 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022 and QS World University Ranking 2022). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2017.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

With over 27,000 students and 6,400 staff from 180 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. Reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer. We are officially recognised as a Disability Confident employer and an Athena Swan accredited institution. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.

Further Information

If you have any queries, please send them to UoEDigital@exeter.ac.uk and we will endeavour to come back to you as soon as possible.