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Spectrum IT Recruitment
Contract Lead DevOps Consultant
Reading, Berkshire
- Hours
- Full Time
- Posted
- 12 hours ago
- Salary
- £600 - 700 - Day
- Recruiter
- Spectrum IT Recruitment
- Closes
- 16 Nov 2025
- Course
- No
- Recruiter Type
- Direct Employer
Description
Contract Lead DevOps Consultant
Duration: 2 months (immediate start)
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Location: Fully Remote Working
We're looking for a strategic, hands-on contract Lead DevOps Consultant to take full ownership of our clients DevOps functions. This is a unique opportunity to drive meaningful change across the organisations DevOps operations, aligning technical performance directly with customer journeys. The role is deemed outside IR35 and fully remote based.
The contract Lead DevOps Consultant will play a critical role in reviewing, challenging and reengineering how the business processes operated. Working closely with development teams, you'll ensure our infrastructure is robust, scalable and built to support the organisations evolving global e-commerce platform. The successful candidate needs a strong technical background who is a leader bringing fresh thinking, pushes for best practice, and can deliver a short-term roadmap that sets the DevOps team up for long-term success.
Key Responsibilities
Performance review of the platform and tooling
Own the architecture, performance, and cost-efficiency of the infrastructure
Align operations with core e-commerce flows and system performance metrics
Drive observability improvements across New Relic and Rollbar
Enhance website performance, eliminate slowdowns, and optimise customer experience
Review and optimise configurations for security and speed
Maintain high standards of cloud security and ensure compliance
Ensure Redis and Couchbase databases run smoothly and efficientlyKey Experience
Proven technical and leadership within high growth DevOps environments
Deep understanding of high traffic platforms (ideally e-commerce) and customer-first infrastructure
Strong technical expertise in:
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
New Relic (APM, Infrastructure, Alerts, Dashboards)
Cloudflare (Performance & Security or similar providers)
Track record of driving change, challenging legacy systems and improving processes
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
A transformational mindset focused on delivery and long-term impactIf you're a hands-on Contract Lead DevOps Consultant with a proven track record of driving change, implementing best practices in high-growth environments, submit your CV and apply immediately
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy
Ad ID: 5417155408
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