DevOps Engineer

Please note: This role requires applicants must hold an active or recently active SC or DV security clearance. This role also requires applicants to be willing to work on-site up to 4 days per week. At Gemba Advantage, we design and run secure, cloud-native platforms for critical public-sector organisations across the UK. Our teams build and automate the infrastructure and pipelines that high-impact systems depend on. We're looking for Junior and DevOps Engineers who are eager to learn, automate, and contribute to meaningful projects. You'll join an agile delivery team working closely with developers and customers to streamline deployment, manage infrastructure, and drive efficient digital transformation. Expect hands-on support from experienced engineers passionate about modern practices. The Role:

• Apply technical knowledge to research, prototype, and deliver novel solutions to client challenges
• Automate infrastructure and processes to facilitate the work of the development team
• Applying your knowledge to write continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for software delivery
• Take part in technical reviews, provide constructive feedback, and support fault fixing/maintenance tasks
• Document practices, share knowledge, and keep up to date with emerging technologies
What you'll bring:
• Willingness and eligibility to obtain DV clearance (essential)
• A proactive attitude toward learning, problem-solving, and improving how things are built
• Basic competence with programming/scripting languages
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (AWS preferred), IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK), and cloud-native tech (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience with version control (Git), databases, APIs, and strong information security focus
Tech we commonly use
• Python - Bash - Go
• Terraform - CloudFormation - CDK
• AWS - Kubernetes - Docker
• Git - CI/CD pipelines - GitOps
• Databases (relational, NoSQL), APIs
  
  Why join Gemba?
We're guided by four core values that make Gemba a great place to work:
• Our people are our most important asset, and we prioritise their needs.
• We succeed and fail as a team, not as individuals.
• We do the right thing and we do the thing right.
• We keep an unwavering focus on the customer's needs.
Away from our values, Gemba offers an excellent and comprehensive package to our Gembans, including great salaries, meaningful perks, a culture of truly rewarding and celebrating success, amongst many other core benefits like flexible pensions and PMI.