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Methods Business and Digital Technology

Lead DevOps

London, England, United Kingdom (city only)

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First seen by offpeak October 22, 2026

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Methods is a £100M+ IT Services Consultancy who has partnered with a range of central government departments and agencies to transform the way the public sector operates in the UK. Established over 30 years ago and UK-based, we apply our skills in transformation, delivery, and collaboration from across the Methods Group, to create end-to-end business and technical solutions that are people-centred, safe, and designed for the future.

Our human touch sets us apart from other consultancies, system integrators and software houses - with people, technology, and data at the heart of who we are, we believe in creating value and sustainability through everything we do for our clients, staff, communities, and the planet.

We support our clients in the success of their projects while working collaboratively to share skill sets and solve problems. At Methods we have fun while working hard; we are not afraid of making mistakes and learning from them.

Methods was acquired by the Alten Group in early 2022.

The role is heavily AWS platform engineering focused. While Azure and DevSecOps experience are valuable, the day-to-day work is centred on designing, maintaining and improving AWS-hosted Identity platforms running on Kubernetes and ECS.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You will be expected to lead by example, mentor engineers, influence technical decisions and own services throughout their lifecycle.

Requirements

Core Technical Skills

AWS

Expected to have strong hands-on experience across AWS services including:

This is an engineering role rather than an infrastructure administration role.

Infrastructure as Code

Strong Terraform experience is expected.

This includes:

Kubernetes

A high level of Kubernetes knowledge is expected.

Daily work includes:

Helm

Helm is used extensively.

You will be expected to:

This is a core skill for the role.

ECS

A significant amount of the estate still runs on ECS.

Expected knowledge includes:

The team owns the ECS platform.

Docker

Almost every application is containerised.

Expected experience:

GitLab & CI/CD

All source code is hosted in GitLab.

CI/CD is implemented using GitLab CI.

Expected experience includes:

Testing & Quality Engineering

Testing is considered part of delivering a feature, not an optional activity.

Lead Engineers are expected to understand how to test infrastructure, platform code and applications, and to integrate those tests into automated delivery pipelines.

Expected experience includes:

Testing is expected to form part of the Definition of Done.

Identity & Security

As an Identity programme, understanding authentication is important.

Expected knowledge includes:

Knowledge of identity platforms and authentication patterns is highly desirable.

API Gateway

The platform makes extensive use of Kong API Gateway.

Useful experience includes:

Service Mesh

Applications running on EKS use Istio.

Expected knowledge includes:

Monitoring & Observability

Current monitoring stack:

The organisation is introducing Dynatrace, either alongside or as a future replacement.

Expected experience includes:

Technical Documentation

Strong technical documentation is an expected part of the role.

You will be expected to:

Good written communication is considered a core engineering skill.

Technical Ownership

Lead Engineers are expected to take ownership of services rather than simply deliver individual pieces of work.

This includes:

Agile Delivery & Ways of Working

The team follows Agile delivery practices and Lead Engineers are expected to actively contribute to both technical delivery and the running of the team.

Expected experience includes:

Lead Engineers are expected to help create an environment where knowledge is shared, engineering standards are maintained and the team continues to improve its ways of working.

Leadership Expectations

This is a Lead DevOps Engineer position.

Technical leadership is as important as technical delivery.

Expected behaviours include:

The environment is governed by established technology standards, so improvements are generally expected within the approved tooling and architecture rather than introducing alternative products or platforms.

Daily Activities

Typical work includes:

Technologies Used

What Success Looks Like

After approximately three months in the role, a successful Lead DevOps Engineer would be expected to:

Technical Delivery

Engineering Quality

Documentation

Leadership

Agile Delivery

Mindset

A successful Lead DevOps Engineer is someone who:

This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive.  It is intended as an outline indicating of the areas of activity and may be amended from time to time in the light of the changing needs of the organisation.

This role will require you to have or be willing to go through Security Clearance. As part of the onboarding process candidates will be asked to complete a Baseline Personnel Security Standard; details of the evidence required to apply may be found on the government website Gov.UK. If you are unable to meet this and any associated criteria, then your employment may be delayed, or rejected. Details of this will be discussed with you at interview. 

  

 

 

 

Benefits

By joining us you can expect:

As well as this, we offer: