Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Employment type: Full time, Permanent. Remote, with approx. 1 day in office per month
Salary: Up to £55K
We are seeking a skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer to join our cloud infrastructure team. Reporting to the Head of Cloud Infrastructure, you will play a key role in the day-to-day operation, support and maintenance of our infrastructure and systems across development, testing and production environments, hosted on GCP and co-location data centres.
This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced DevOps professional to contribute to the evolution of our products and services, working within a collaborative team that values technical excellence, continuous improvement and a proactive approach to cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, plan and implement infrastructure change as part of a DevOps team, contributing to the evolution of our products and services
Maintain secure and robust cloud-based networks and infrastructure using IaC methods (Terraform), with strong knowledge of networking principles including routing, DNS, load balancing and security controls
Manage containerised workloads using Kubernetes (GKE), ensuring high availability, scalability and efficient resource utilisation
Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines to support automated build, test and deployment workflows across environments
Implement and manage systems monitoring, proactively respond to alerts, and participate in on-call out-of-hours support on a rotational basis
Participate in capacity planning, performance monitoring, disaster recovery testing and regular security audits
Skills Knowledge & Expertise
Several years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) core services
Good working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Experience with Windows Server, Linux (Ubuntu) administration
Strong understanding of cloud security principles including IAM, RBAC, secrets management and network security controls
Experience with monitoring and observability tooling such as Prometheus/Grafana or Google Cloud Monitoring
Good working knowledge of Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and PowerShell/Linux scripting.
Why join us?
Great Place to Work® certified — 3 years running
A supportive, collaborative team who love what they do
Hybrid working
Check out our Company page on the Great Place to Work website:
Working at AccessPay | Great Place To Work® UK
Benefits
25 days’ holiday plus public holidays increasing with length of service.
Birthday off work.
2 paid volunteer days a year
Holiday purchase scheme
We operate a Salary Exchange pension scheme which you will be auto-enrolled into from day one of employment.
£240 yearly Wellbeing Allowance
Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
Cycle to work scheme
Health cash plan
Free breakfast & lunch when in the Manchester office
Discounted Parking in Manchester
Access to training – both internal and external
We plant a tree for every new joiner that joins us!
We are a Dog-Friendly office
And many more!
Our employees live by our company values:
Always Learning: Our team are a naturally inquisitive bunch, always striving to become experts in our field. We are committed to sharing knowledge and skills with our colleagues and customers. AccessPay provides an environment that fosters personal development and professional growth for all of our people.
Supportive: Helpfulness sits at the heart of our culture – when we win, we win as a team. We agree on shared goals, collaborate constantly, and drive relentlessly in pursuit of those goals. We also understand the importance of fun, both working hard and celebrating our successes.
Driven to Achieve: We are passionate and energetic – whatever the mission. When we encounter challenges we show courage, resilience, and initiative to overcome them.
Committed to Excellence: Through our technical prowess, creativity, personal integrity and accountability, we deliver exceptional outcomes and exceed expectations time and time again.
Committed to Excellence: Through our technical prowess, creativity, personal integrity and accountability, we deliver exceptional outcomes and exceed expectations time and time again.