DevOps Engineer

Posted 07 January 2026
LocationSheffield
Job type Contract
Discipline Technology

Job description

​We're looking for a DevOps Engineer with experience working with relevant Kubernetes, GCP, Python, and Jenkins/Tekton

Responsibilities:

  • Design and maintain Groovy pipeline steps (build, test, package, scan, deploy).

  • Extend Python tooling for SLSA provenance, SBOM generation, hash/digest accuracy, and security scan aggregation (SonarQube, Sonatype IQ,

  • Optimize performance.

  • Ensure artifact integrity.

  • Refactor legacy scripts (remove global state, consolidate hashing, standardize templates).

  • Document ci-config.yaml standards and usage patterns.

  • Mentor engineers on secure pipeline development and supply-chain practices.

  • Troubleshoot and prevent pipeline incidents.


Essential Skills: -

  • 5+ years of engineering.

  • Strong Jenkins + Groovy shared library expertise.

  • Advanced Python automation (JSON/YAML processing, tooling scripts).

  • Deep Maven/NPM/Python packaging knowledge; exposure to Helm/Terraform and container image metadata.

  • Supply-chain security (SLSA, CycloneDX SBOM, digests).

  • Experience with SonarQube, Sonatype IQ, containers, and SAST scanning.

  • Proven performance tuning (caching, parallelization, dependency pruning).

If this position is of interest to you, apply now!