Junior DevOps Engineer

Ref No. 25412
Wales - Rhondda Cynon Taff
Posted 8 Jun 2026

Overview

Salary: £35,000 - £40,000

Employment: Permanent

Job description

IntaPeople are proud and excited to be appointed to recruit a Junior DevOps Engineer for a Welsh-based not-for-profit sector client on an exclusive growth recruitment project.

This is a very exciting opportunity to join their fast-growing IT team in this newly created position. You will be responsible for designing and building DevOps solutions for a range of transformational IT and Digital projects with a range of internal and external suppliers and stakeholders.

We are seeking Junior Engineers (in relation to your experience in industry. This organisation will give you stability in this forever changing economical environment. If you are from a tech ops / IT support background and want to start your journey into DevOps, this opportunity is not to be missed. 

Skills

  • 1-3+ years experience as a 2nd/3rd line Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Engineer or DevOps Engineer. 
  • Technical Expertise: Experience in developing and maintaining public cloud services, with an understanding of Microsoft cloud technoligies. 
  • DevOps Practices: Experience with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) are desirable but not essential for this role. 
  • Monitoring and Logging: Implementing and managing monitoring and logging solutions using technologies such as Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, or similar tooling provided by cloud platform vendors to ensure system reliability and performance.
  • Agile Methodologies: Strong experience in implementing and leading Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, to ensure efficient and effective project delivery.

Responsibilities (at a glance)

  • Help Drive project success and support a culture of excellence through leading sprint ceremonies, including planning, daily stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives to ensure the team adheres to Agile principles, facilitating discussions to identify obstacles and promote continuous improvement.
  • Assist with design, build, and maintain public cloud infrastructure using a mix of IaaS and PaaS resources, deployed via Infrastructure as Code (built in terraform) to deliver a secure, scalable cloud platform in line with their Cloud Principles.
  • Assist with design, build, and maintain build and release pipelines using Azure DevOps in line with their CI/CD principles to ensure that deployment strategies for resources are repeatable, scalable and highly available.
  • Refine the DevOps culture across the engineering teams through continuous improvement and iteration of Software Development lifecycles to increase automation and reduce manual effort.
  • Have deep technical knowledge to provide support to delivery teams in solving complex problems.

What you’ll get in return (at a glance)

  • A salary of circa £35,000 - £40,000 (depending on experience).
  • 28 days annual leave + public bank holidays
  • A flexible working environment
  • Competitive Legal and General pension Scheme (8% contribution)
  • 4 x Death in service
  • Free Rail travel throughout Wales
  • The opportunity to work on modern and industry changing projects
  • Salary sacrifice scheme such as – cycle to work, electric vehicle
  • To be based in their brand new, modern offices 2 days per week with the wider team in Pontypridd
  • A chance to truly contribute to large scale digitalisation projects within Wales

For more information click APPLY now or for a confidential chat call Nathan Handley on 02920 252 500.

This role is commutable from Swansea, Bridgend, Cardiff and Newport.

Your consultant

Nathan Handley

Recruitment Manager

Get in touch:

n.handley@intapeople.com