dunnhumby
Tech / AI / Software
SeniorDevOpsEngineer
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“Senior DevOps Engineer at dunnhumby. Skills: DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, Cloud-native environments, Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, Observability. Raise the bar for our DevOps practice. Mentor the team”
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years in DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineering with hands-on delivery in cloud-native environments, Proven leadership: experience in line management and mentoring/coaching across teams without formal authority, communication: clear written and verbal communication with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership across time zones, Deep experience with GCP (preferred) and working knowledge of grounding in Kubernetes, networking, IAM, and security fundamentals, Mastery of infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and configuration management (Helm); excellent scripting in Bash and at least one higher-level language (Python/Go/etc.), Fluency with CI/CD design and operations using GitLab, TeamCity, and artifact and dependency management via Artifactory, Operational excellence mindset: incident management, post-incident reviews, runbooks, SLOs, and data-driven improvement via DORA/SDLC metrics, Track record of building developer-centric platforms, internal documentation, enablement materials, and golden paths
Nice to Have
Experience modernizing a traditional Cloud/Infra team into a product-oriented Platform Engineering practice, Background with GitOps policy/guardrails, environment promotion, and release orchestration at scale, Exposure to cost optimization and FinOps practices in GCP/Azure, Hands-on with self-hosted GitLab Premium administration at enterprise scale, Pragmatic, outcome-focused delivery with a product mindset and high empathy for developers as customers
What You'll Do.
Raise the bar for our DevOps practice
Evolve our DevOps function into a modern
product-minded Platform Engineering capability
Drive high-quality outcomes across infrastructure-as-code
and developer experience
Treat platforms as products
Strengthen observability with actionable dashboards and alerts
Drive SLO/error-budget thinking and operational reviews
Improve security posture across the SDLC
Facilitate excellent cross-time-zone communication
Set up crisp status updates
Influence architecture and reliability decisions
Contribute hands-on: code reviews
and reference implementations
Build developer-centric platforms
internal documentation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering closely with Dunnhumby leadership; Collaborate directly with software teams; Clear written and verbal communication with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership across time zones; Facilitate excellent cross-time-zone communication
Communication Scope
Clear written and verbal communication with engineers, stakeholders, and leadership across time zones; Facilitate excellent cross-time-zone communication; Set up crisp status updates, docs, and runbooks
Process & Methodology
Clear roadmaps, Outcome-focused delivery
Full Job Description
dunnhumby is the global leader in Customer Data Science, partnering with the world’s most ambitious retailers and brands to put the customer at the heart of every decision. We combine deep insight, advanced technology, and close collaboration to help our clients grow, innovate, and deliver measurable value for their customers. dunnhumby employs nearly 2,500 experts in offices throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas working for transformative, iconic brands such as Tesco, Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Unilever and Metro. We are looking for a hands-on Lead/ Senior DevOps Engineer to raise the bar for our DevOps practice, mentor the team, and help evolve our DevOps function into a modern, product-minded Platform Engineering capability. You’ll lead day-to-day work, partnering closely with Dunnhumby leadership, and drive high-quality outcomes across infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, and developer experience. You’ll collaborate directly with software teams and treat platforms as products—anchored by user feedback, clear roadmaps, SLOs, and measurable improvements to delivery speed and reliability. Our Toolset: (you don’t need all, but you can lead with most) Cloud: Google Cloud Platform (primary), some Microsoft Azure CI/CD champion progressive delivery and environment promotion strategies. Strengthen observability with actionable dashboards and alerts in Grafana; drive SLO/error-budget thinking and operational reviews. Improve security posture across the SDLC (secrets management, image/package governance, artifact hygiene, SAST/DAST reporting via SonarQube). Facilitate excellent cross-time-zone communication and handovers; set up crisp status updates, docs, and runbooks in Confluence. Influence architecture and reliability decisions (Kubernetes, networking, IAM, cost management) with a bias for automation and sustainability. Contribute hands-on: code reviews, IaC modules, pipeline templates, and reference implementations. What You'll Bring 8+ years in DevOps /
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