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About The Company
Hippo is a dynamic and rapidly expanding digital consultancy dedicated to delivering innovative and transformative digital solutions. With a focus on strategy, design, and technology, Hippo partners with organizations to solve complex problems and create lasting value through bespoke digital services. Our culture emphasizes collaboration, agility, and continuous innovation, empowering our teams to make a meaningful impact in the digital landscape. Headquartered in Leeds with offices across the UK, including Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, London, and Bristol, Hippo prides itself on fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where talent and creativity thrive. We are committed to delivering excellence to our clients while promoting a workplace that values diversity, equity, and inclusion.
About The Role
Hippo is seeking a highly skilled Lead DevOps Engineer to join our Managed Services Team as part of our ongoing growth. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in shaping the architectural vision and technical strategy for both our clients and internal practices. As a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, including C-level executives, you will lead complex technical engagements, providing strategic guidance and hands-on leadership in DevOps and engineering practices. You will influence architectural standards, drive innovation, and ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and well-engineered systems. Your expertise will help define and evangelize best practices across Hippo’s digital delivery practice, contribute to thought leadership initiatives, and support business development activities through technical responses and strategic input. This role offers significant opportunities for growth at the Lead level, with a clear pathway for progression within the organization.
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Qualifications
- Extensive senior-level experience as a DevOps Engineer or Technical Architect, with a proven record of leading large-scale digital transformations
- Expert proficiency with AWS cloud services and designing complex multi-cloud architectures
- Advanced scripting and automation skills in Python
- Deep understanding of cloud-native technology stacks, including Kubernetes (EKS) and CI/CD tooling
- Extensive experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, particularly using Terraform for complex deployments
- Strong ability to influence and communicate effectively with C-suite and executive stakeholders
- Expert knowledge of security, networking, and governance principles in a cloud environment
- Experience working in a consultancy environment, including pre-sales and business growth activities
- Mastery of Agile methodologies and their application across distributed teams
- Proven leadership and mentoring skills for engineering teams
- Eligible for SC Clearance
Responsibilities
- Define and promote architectural vision, standards, and best practices across Hippo’s digital delivery practice
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders, guiding long-term technical strategies and digital transformation initiatives
- Lead and oversee complex technical engagements, ensuring quality and consistency in automated infrastructure deployment
- Mentor and develop the skills of DevOps engineers and senior technical staff within the team
- Drive pre-sales activities by leading technical responses to proposals and shaping new business opportunities
- Contribute to Hippo’s thought leadership through public speaking, writing, and community engagement
- Make and communicate key architectural decisions that impact multiple projects or clients
- Lead recruitment efforts for engineering talent and foster strategic contributions within Managed Services, DevOps, and Engineering communities
- Participate in on-call rotations as part of the Managed Services team to ensure continuous support and incident management
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Benefits
- Contributory Pension Scheme (Hippo 6% & Employee 2%)
- 25 Days Holiday plus UK Public Holidays
- Perkbox access for discounts and offers
- Critical illness cover and life assurance
- Volunteer days and charitable support
- Cycle-to-work scheme and salary sacrifice electric vehicle scheme
- Season ticket loans and financial wellbeing sessions
- Flexible benefits including private health and dental cover, additional pension contributions, and extra holidays
- Wellbeing contributions and opportunities for charity donations and environmental initiatives
Equal Opportunity
Hippo is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups, including women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ+ individuals, neurodivergent persons, and those with disabilities. We strive to ensure an accessible and fair recruitment process, providing reasonable adjustments and accommodations as needed. Hippo is a registered Disability Confident Employer, Mindful Employer, Endometriosis Friendly Employer, and a member of the Armed Forces Covenant. We believe that a diverse team enhances our innovation, creativity, and problem-solving capabilities, and we are dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone can contribute and thrive.
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