K&K Talents
DevOps Architect
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K&K Talents
K&K Talents is an international recruiting agency that has been providing technical resources in the European region since 1993. This position is with one of our clients in United Kingdom who is actively hiring candidates to expand their teams.
Role: DevOps Architect
Location: London, UK
Employment Type: Full-time Permanent
Role Description
Are you passionate about driving modern DevOps transformations and enabling next-generation software delivery?
We’re looking for a seasoned DevOps / Platform Architect to lead enterprise-scale CI/CD transformation, platform modernisation and DevSecOps initiatives. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in designing scalable CI/CD architectures, migrating from legacy toolchains, implementing DevSecOps governance and enabling engineering teams across enterprise environments.
The role also offers an opportunity to leverage AI-driven automation and emerging technologies to improve software delivery, pipeline management and engineering productivity.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Lead the design, implementation and optimisation of enterprise CI/CD pipelines, aligned with delivery, security and compliance standards.
- Architect and maintain end-to-end software delivery workflows across development, testing, security and deployment environments.
- Drive CI/CD platform migration and modernisation, including assessment of existing toolchains, target-state architecture, migration planning and application onboarding.
- Implement and manage the infrastructure required for pipeline execution across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Collaborate with DevOps, Platform, Security and Application Development teams to define scalable CI/CD patterns and reusable pipeline templates.
- Drive application onboarding and modernisation initiatives, including containerisation, Infrastructure-as-Code adoption and pipeline configuration.
- Integrate security capabilities including SAST, SCA, DAST and container scanning into CI/CD workflows.
- Establish and enforce DevSecOps governance, security standards, OPA-based policies and compliance controls.
- Develop and operationalise AI-powered automation patterns for areas such as pipeline triaging, automated issue remediation, impact analysis, decision-making and workflow optimisation.
- Drive adoption of modern software delivery practices to improve developer experience, resilience and engineering productivity.
- Conduct capability assessments, recommend architecture enhancements, develop solution approaches and contribute to CI/CD transformation roadmaps.
- Establish standards for progressive delivery, including blue-green, canary and rolling deployments, with automated rollback mechanisms.
- Configure and manage infrastructure supporting pipeline execution, including Kubernetes clusters, virtual machines, artifact repositories, Git platforms and cloud services.
- Develop and enhance reusable automation assets, pipeline components, accelerators, templates and technical documentation.
- Support pre-sales and solutioning initiatives, including PoCs, technical demonstrations, estimations, presentations and proposals.
- Ensure adherence to security, performance, scalability and quality best practices across CI/CD and DevSecOps implementations.
- Mentor engineering teams, conduct enablement sessions and promote continuous learning around modern DevOps and software delivery practices.
- Stay current with emerging DevOps, cloud, automation and AI capabilities and continuously improve delivery architectures and engineering standards.
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Essential Qualifications
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- 12+ years of experience in DevOps, CI/CD engineering, platform engineering or related roles.
- Strong practical experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines and architectures.
- Proven experience in large-scale CI/CD migration, modernisation or transformation projects.
- Strong experience with:
- Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Git workflows – GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps or similar
- YAML, Shell scripting, Python or equivalent scripting languages
- AWS, Azure or GCP
- Terraform, Helm or other Infrastructure-as-Code tools
- Solid understanding of DevSecOps, security integration, OPA policy creation and compliance frameworks.
- Strong architectural thinking with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions and transformation roadmaps.
- Experience working with cross-functional enterprise teams and leading technical transformation initiatives.
Nice to Have – Harness Platform
- Hands-on experience with the Harness Software Delivery Platform.
- Exposure to Harness capabilities including CI, CD, STO, Chaos Engineering, CCM or AI Agents.
- Experience with Jenkins to Harness, Azure DevOps to Harness or XLR to Harness migrations.
- Candidates with strong enterprise DevOps/CI-CD transformation experience who are willing to learn the Harness platform will also be considered.
Note
Applicants for employment in United Kingdom should possess work authorization which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.
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