DevOps Engineer

Job Description:

***DXC Technology is committed to building diverse, inclusive teams. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent candidates. We offer reasonable adjustments throughout the hiring process and are dedicated to creating a supportive, accessible environment for everyone.***

Security Clearance Requirement

MANDATORY: This role supports critical national infrastructure and requires UK Security Clearance (SC level). Applicants must be sole UK nationals (British passport, no dual nationality), with 5+ years continuous UK residency and no visa sponsorship requirement. Active SC clearance is highly desirable. Candidates who do not meet these criteria will not be progressed.

The Role

We're looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to help deliver secure, scalable, and resilient platforms supporting critical national infrastructure. You'll be embedded in an Agile team, owning quality, automation, and operational excellence across the full delivery lifecycle.

This is a hands-on engineering role — you'll design and build automated test frameworks, validate deployments across AWS multi-account environments, and ensure platforms are continuously production-ready.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, build, and maintain a comprehensive automated test framework supporting CI/CD
• Develop test strategies, plans, and approaches — and get stakeholder sign-off
• Deliver functional, integration, and performance tests across an AWS multi-account environment
• Provide 3rd line support and technical expertise to client engineering teams
• Contribute to platform reliability, scalability, and security through proactive testing and automation
• Keep documentation, test artefacts, and processes clear and aligned to DevOps best practices
• Use Confluence for documentation and Jira for story and workflow management

What We're Looking For

Test Automation & Quality

• Hands-on with test automation frameworks — Selenium, JUnit, PyTest, TestNG
• Proven track record in functional, regression, performance, and security testing
• Experience writing and maintaining automated test scripts integrated into CI/CD pipelines

DevOps & CI/CD

• Practical experience with Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or CircleCI
• Comfortable embedding testing gates and quality controls into automated delivery workflows

Cloud, Containers & Infrastructure

• AWS experience — ideally across multi-account environments
• Docker and Kubernetes for containerised application testing
• Familiarity with Terraform and Ansible for IaC validation

Programming & Scripting

• Strong Python, Bash, or PowerShell skills for automation
• API testing with Postman or REST Assured

Observability & Reliability

• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
• Comfortable using observability data to validate deployment success and system health

Collaboration & Agile

• Agile/Scrum team experience — working closely with developers, SREs, and ops engineers
• Strong communication skills — you can advocate for testing best practices across teams

Experience & Education

• 3–5 years software testing experience, with at least 1–2 years in a DevOps environment
• Prior roles: QA Engineer, Test Automation Engineer, or DevOps Engineer with a testing focus
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field — or equivalent practical experience

Certifications (Preferred, Not Mandatory)

• ISTQB Certified Tester or equivalent
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Azure DevOps Engineer Expert ⭐
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

At DXC Technology, we believe strong connections and community are key to our success. Our work model prioritizes in-person collaboration while offering flexibility to support wellbeing, productivity, individual work styles, and life circumstances. We’re committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.

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