Collaboration & Mentorship

• Collaborate closely with development teams, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver effective solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering their growth and development.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and architectural decision-making processes.
• Stay up-to-date with emerging AWS services, cloud technologies, and industry best practices.

Security & Compliance

• Ensure that security and compliance are not afterthoughts but are built into the product roadmap from the outset.
• Work with security teams to ensure any changes or new deployment meet data protection and compliance requirements.
• Add all security recommendations from our vendor and hosting providers to backlog.

Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Define KPIs and success metrics to measure platform effectiveness.
• Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for our infrastructure, processes, and tools in Confluence.
• Continuously assess and refine existing products to support evolving business needs.

Does this sound like you?

You’ll have a Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, system analysis, or a related field of study, or equivalent. You’ll have significant experience (10+ years ideally) in a DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Platform Engineering role. We also expect you to have around a minimum of 7+ years of hands-on experience designing, deploying, and managing complex infrastructure on AWS. You’ll be able to demonstrate strong experience building and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines from scratch and optimizing existing ones. As well as this you’ll have:

• Expert-level proficiency with AWS services and a deep understanding of cloud architecture principles.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, primarily Terraform.
• Strong expertise with Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
• Solid understanding of containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS/ECS).
• Experience with Monitoring and Logging tools (DataDog preferred).
• Strong understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, Load Balancing) and security best practices in the cloud.
• Familiarity with database technologies (relational and NoSQL).
• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows.
• Familiarity with other Agile frameworks like Scrum, in addition to Kanban.
• Poise and ability to act calmly and competently in high-pressure, demanding situations.
• The ability to manage ambiguity to clarify requirements and objectives to ensure successful outcomes.
• High degree of initiative, dependability, and ability to work with minimal supervision while being resilient to change.
• Motivation and drive to achieve long-term business outcomes.
• The ability to work effectively in a team environment and contribute to the overall engineering and company-wide technical direction.
• Excellent written, verbal, communication and presentation skills with the ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and nontechnical audiences.

What's in it for you?

Our strong family values and 'cornerstones' lie at the heart of the success of our journey. If matching your ambition to our culture is an exciting prospect, there's never been a better time to join us.

We’re a team. And teams work best together when they know and respect one another. Listen and learn from one another. So we offer a hybrid working model. Giving you the support you need to do well at work, and the flexibility to make life work for you.

We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that includes:

• Competitive package including an annual bonus.
• 25 Days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Enhanced Contributory Pension and Life Assurance.
• Flexible Hybrid working (2-3 days in Watford).
• Save-as-you-earn scheme.
• Colleague discount.
• Discount platform including savings and cash back at numerous retailers, savings on gym membership, cycle to work scheme.

Our widely recognised wellbeing strategy is something we’re proud of at Wickes. As part of this, we offer a range of health and wellbeing benefits and support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, financial education & loans, and access to parental, menopause, and fertility support.

About Us

We are a multi-channel retailer operating in the home improvement market. With 40 years in industry, we now generate revenue in excess of £1.6Bn across 230 stores delivered by 8,000+ colleagues.

We care for our people – and we look out for one another. Everyone has a voice. We’re ambitious, but we’re inclusive, supportive, and down-to-earth with it. Anyone can build on their talent and expect our support to get on.

"We aim to create an inclusive workplace with colleagues’ wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.

We’re a Disability Confident Employer and committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We welcome applications from disabled people and are committed to providing an accessible recruitment process and workplace for everyone. If you require any support or reasonable adjustments, please let us know here."