DevOps Engineer

We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to join our team in the Bristol Design & Product Development (D&PD) office, part of the Ensera Group.

Ensera has facilities in Europe, the USA, and Asia, as well as Design & Development hubs in Bristol, UK (where you’ll be based), and New Jersey and Colorado in the USA.

In this role, you’ll report directly to and work alongside the Head of IT, taking ownership of the development infrastructure, tooling, environments, and automation that enable our software and engineering teams to deliver effectively.

You’ll work closely with software, embedded, electronics, and wider engineering teams to ensure our development environments are secure, reliable, scalable, and efficient. A key part of the role will be improving our CI/CD capability, development workflows, infrastructure, automation, and deployment practices, while administering the core platforms that underpin the software development lifecycle.

This is a hands-on role where you’ll have the opportunity to identify improvements, introduce automation, and help shape how DevOps practices develop across Ensera Design. You’ll also contribute to wider infrastructure, cybersecurity, and group technology projects where required.

Occasional travel to other Ensera locations, including Ireland, Poland, and the USA, may be required, and some projects could involve evening or weekend work.

You’re a technically capable and proactive DevOps Engineer who enjoys working at the intersection of software development, infrastructure, automation, and security.

You’ll be comfortable taking ownership of development platforms and environments, working directly with engineering teams to understand their requirements and implementing solutions that make development faster, more reliable, repeatable, and secure.

You’re interested in more than simply keeping systems running. You look for opportunities to automate manual processes, improve CI/CD pipelines, standardise development environments, and create better tooling and workflows for engineers.

You’re methodical and comfortable troubleshooting complex issues across Linux, development tooling, networks, servers, and software environments. You can communicate clearly with technical and non-technical colleagues and are confident documenting systems and explaining technical decisions during project reviews or audits.

Working within medical device development also means you’ll understand the importance of security, traceability, documentation, reliability, and controlled change.

Experience in one or more of the following:

• DevOps, Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a similar technical role within a software or engineering environment

• Strong working knowledge of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)

• Experience administering development platforms such as JIRA, Git, Bitbucket, Confluence, or CI/CD systems

• Experience building, maintaining, or improving CI/CD pipelines

• Good knowledge of Git and version control workflows

• Familiarity with Linux environments and command-line administration

• Experience with scripting and automation

• Experience administering or supporting development infrastructure, servers, and associated services

• Understanding of TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, and networking fundamentals

• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across development environments, software, infrastructure, and connectivity

• Experience working collaboratively with software and engineering teams to improve development workflows

• Ability to take ownership of technical platforms and drive continuous improvement

• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly

Experience in any of the following specific areas would be desirable:

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines supporting software and engineering teams

• Identify manual development and deployment activities that can be automated

• Improve build, test, integration, and deployment workflows

• Work with developers to create repeatable and reliable development processes

• Support continuous integration practices and improve development feedback loops

• Monitor pipeline performance and proactively resolve issues

• Own and administer core development platforms and engineering toolsets

• Manage access, permissions, integrations, and configurations

• Ensure availability, performance, reliability, and security of development tools

• Drive platform improvements, upgrades, integrations, and automation

• Work with engineering teams to ensure tooling remains aligned with evolving development requirements

• Maintain and improve Linux-based development and build environments

• Support infrastructure underpinning software development and engineering activities

• Standardise development environments to improve consistency and repeatability

• Automate environment configuration and routine administrative activities where possible

• Troubleshoot complex issues across infrastructure, development tooling, networks, and software environments

• Work closely with developers to continuously improve the developer experience

• Support the full SDLC from requirements and development through to testing, verification, and deployment

• Improve workflows, traceability, and collaboration through tooling and automation

• Work with development teams to establish scalable DevOps practices

• Support version control strategies and repository management

• Identify opportunities to reduce development bottlenecks and improve engineering productivity

• Ensure development systems and environments are secure, patched, and aligned with internal security policies

• Implement appropriate access controls and secure configurations

• Identify, document, and remediate risks within development infrastructure and environments

• Maintain clear technical documentation covering platforms, environments, processes, and configurations

• Support audit requirements and provide technical evidence where required

• Contribute to security and compliance initiatives across the wider technology environment

• Partner with the Head of IT on wider infrastructure, security, and technology improvement projects

• Support the onboarding and offboarding of engineers from development platforms and environments

• Provide technical expertise on development tooling and infrastructure issues

• Where required, assist with complex infrastructure or technology issues affecting engineering delivery

The salary for this role is £45,000 to £50,000, commensurate with the experience of the successful candidate. During your application, we will ask you for your salary expectations. If you would like to discuss this in further detail, please reach out to us.

We are based in an iconic Grade II listed building in the heart of Bristol. Our vibrant workspace houses state-of-the-art labs, a design studio, usability suites, and collaborative meeting spaces. Nestled in a lively neighbourhood with independent shops, we’re just a short walk from Park Street, the Harbourside, and St. Nick’s Markets.

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