DevOps and CI/CD Lead Consultant

Consultant - DevOps & CI/CD Lead Consultant - DevOps & CI/CD Lead Career Level: C3 Introduction to role: Are you ready to architect secure, automated delivery on AWS that accelerates how therapies reach patients As the DevOps and CI/CD Lead, you will set the direction for cloud-native delivery pipelines, tooling, and governance that power our platforms and products at scale. Your work will turn complex, regulated delivery challenges into streamlined, auditable flows that increase speed to value without compromising security or quality. This role sits at the heart of our digital transformation, bringing engineering rigor and automation to how software is built, tested, released, and operated. You will shape the patterns, frameworks, and metrics that help teams ship with confidence and learn faster. How would you reduce deployment lead time from hours to minutes while improving compliance and cost transparency Accountabilities: DevOps Leadership: Serve as a hands-on expert across automation, infrastructure definition, provisioning, configuration management, deployment, monitoring, and observabilityraising engineering standards and outcomes. CICD Pipeline Ownership: Design, implement, and maintain end-to-end pipelines using AWS-native tools and/or Bamboo, Bitbucket, Jira, S3, Lambda, Linux scripting, and Pythonenabling secure, repeatable releases at scale. AWS Cloud Engineering: Architect, build, and manage cloud infrastructure using AWS services with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency, aligned to AWS Well-Architected Framework principles. Python Automation: Develop and maintain Python-based automation for infrastructure provisioning, deployment orchestration, operational tasks, testing suites, and data pipelines using Boto3 and REST APIs. Security and Compliance by Design: Continuously assess vulnerabilities and risks, implement IAM guidelines, encryption, network segmentation, and compliance controls to ensure systems are safe, secure, and auditable. Release and Dependency Strategy: Partner with scrum managers, development managers, and application owners to refine component release strategies, reduce dependencies, and improve flow through agile delivery. Jira and Bitbucket Administration: Create and optimize Jira projects, complex workflows, permission and security schemes; manage access; configure boards; and administer Bitbucket projects and repositories to meet compliance standards. Insights and Analytics: Build dashboards, visualizations, and analytical models using Python and associated libraries to provide decision support, forecast impact, and inform investment and prioritization. Vendor and Customer Management: Manage relationships with external suppliers and internal partners, aligning roadmaps and performance to business needs and driving improved delivery outcomes. Operating Model Enablement: Partner with platform and product teams to roll out agile and lean practices, champion better ways of working, and integrate tooling that connects collaborators and accelerates delivery. Cost and Performance Optimization: Monitor and optimize AWS resource utilization, performance, and spend, ensuring clear visibility and actionable insights across environments. Continuous Improvement: Challenge the status quo and introduce innovative ideas that enhance frameworks, guardrails, and developer experiencescaling what works across teams. Essential Skills/Experience: Degree level education or equivalent experience in computer science or similar Prior experience in an Information Services/Information Technology environ ment with good business acumen Proven experience of managing relationships with 3rd party suppliers Experience with multiple different types of software risks Technology Function Management Experience of working within a quality and compliance environment and application of policies, procedures, and guidelines Evidence of designing, shaping, and implementing innovative solutions and driving prioritised changes Ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language Working knowledge of Agile Software Development techniques and methodologies Expertise in AWS Cloud Services (EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudFormation, CDK, VPC, CloudWatch) Strong proficiency in Python for automation, tooling, and API development (including Boto3) Expertise in Web and Mobile Application Engineering Expertise in application design patterns and processes Expertise in Continuous Integration and Deployment methods delivered as part of an agile team Linux scripting and system administration Understanding of cloud security principles, IAM, encryption, and compliance frameworks Integration and reporting technical capabilities and tools Good commercial awareness and understanding of the external market Demonstrate initiative, strong customer orientation, and cross-cultural working Desirable Skills/Experience: Experience with serverless architectures and event-driven Consul