About this role
This is a remote position.
BluePearl is seeking a skilled and hands-on DevOps Engineer to support our technology environment on a part-time, fully remote basis.
The successful candidate will be responsible for improving and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, deployment processes, monitoring, automation, security, and overall system reliability. This role is suited to a DevOps professional who can work independently, troubleshoot effectively, and support development teams in delivering secure and reliable applications.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
DevOps & CI/CD
- Design, build, maintain and optimise CI/CD pipelines .
- Automate application build, testing and deployment processes.
- Manage source-code and version-control workflows using Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket .
- Implement automated testing and deployment practices.
- Troubleshoot pipeline failures and deployment issues.
- Improve deployment speed, reliability and consistency.
Cloud Infrastructure
- Deploy, configure and maintain cloud infrastructure.
- Work with platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) .
- Manage cloud resources, environments and configurations.
- Support infrastructure scalability, availability and performance.
- Implement infrastructure monitoring and cost-conscious resource management.
Infrastructure as Code & Automation
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using tools such as:
Terraform
- Ansible
- CloudFormation
- Automate repetitive infrastructure and operational tasks.
- Maintain configuration management and environment consistency.
Containers & Orchestration
- Build and manage containerised applications using Docker .
- Support container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes .
- Troubleshoot container, networking and deployment issues.
- Assist with maintaining development, staging and production environments.
Monitoring & Reliability
- Implement and maintain system monitoring, logging and alerting.
- Monitor application and infrastructure performance.
- Identify and resolve availability, performance and reliability issues.
- Participate in incident investigation and root-cause analysis.
- Assist with backup, disaster recovery and business continuity processes.
Security
- Apply DevSecOps principles throughout development and deployment processes.
- Implement secure access controls and secrets management.
- Support vulnerability management and patching.
- Ensure infrastructure and deployment processes follow security best practices.
- Assist with maintaining secure cloud and application environments.
Collaboration
- Work closely with developers, software engineers and technical stakeholders.
- Support development teams with deployment and infrastructure requirements.
- Document infrastructure, deployment procedures and technical processes.
- Provide technical guidance and troubleshooting support where required.
- Participate in remote technical meetings and project discussions.
Requirements
REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS
The ideal candidate should have practical experience with several of the following:
Cloud
- AWS, Azure and/or GCP
- Cloud networking and infrastructure
- IAM and access management
CI/CD
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- AWS CodePipeline / CodeBuild
Containers
- Docker
- Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- Ansible
- CloudFormation
Operating Systems
- Linux
- Windows Server
Programming / Scripting
- Python
- Bash/Shell scripting
- PowerShell
Version Control
- Git
- GitHub / GitLab / Bitbucket
Monitoring & Logging
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK / Elastic Stack
- CloudWatch or equivalent monitoring platforms
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Minimum Requirements
- Diploma, Degree or relevant qualification in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related field .
- 3+ years' experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Systems Engineering, Infrastructure or a related technical role.
- Practical experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience working with cloud environments.
- Strong Linux and scripting knowledge.
- Experience with Docker and/or Kubernetes.
- Experience with Git-based development workflows.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities.
Advantageous
- AWS, Azure or GCP certification.
- Terraform certification.
- Kubernetes certification.
- Experience with DevSecOps.
- Experience with microservices and API-based architectures.
- Experience supporting production environments.
- Experience with automated testing and deployment.
- Experience working within Agile/Scrum environments.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)
Success in this role will be measured through:
- CI/CD pipeline reliability and performance.
- Reduction in deployment failures and downtime.
- Successful automation of manual processes.
- Infrastructure availability and stability.
- Effective incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
- Security and compliance of infrastructure environments.
- Deployment turnaround times.
- Infrastructure optimisation and cost efficiency.
- Quality and accuracy of technical documentation.
- Responsiveness to development and technical support requirements.
PART-TIME WORKING MODEL
This is a part-time, fully remote position .
The successful candidate must:
- Have reliable internet connectivity.
- Have a suitable home working environment.
- Be available during agreed working hours.
- Be able to respond to priority technical incidents within agreed SLAs.
- Work independently with minimal supervision.
- Maintain clear communication with the development and technology teams.
- Attend scheduled virtual meetings when required.
Working hours: To be agreed based on project and business requirements.
IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE
We are looking for someone who is:
- Hands-on and technically strong.
- Highly analytical and solutions-focused.
- Comfortable working independently.
- Strong in troubleshooting and problem-solving.
- Security-conscious.
- Automation-driven.
- Detail-oriented and organised.
- Comfortable working in a remote environment.
- Able to communicate technical information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.