DevOps Engineer

We are News UK Technology: using technology to innovate and lead the global conversation on the future of media and storytelling. We keep people at heart of our business through values-driven and inclusive practices enabling our staff to grow and thrive. As such, we are proud members of Tech Talent Charter UK with 34% of our Tech roles filled by gender minorities. News UK Tech is an award-winning team winning Team of the Year at the UK Business and Innovation Awards, 2023.

Your team: Publishing Systems run the critical systems, applications and workflows that power the printing of News UK newspapers and magazines. Creating and distributing world-class journalism, news, sport, analysis and opinion, to entertain, inform and inspire our customers.

Your role: We are looking for a talented and passionate DevOps Engineer to join our team. This is an opportunity to join a diverse and dynamic team that is expanding. We have a great office, a flexible working pattern and a great team environment. We’ll help you deliver your best work and grow you with career and personal development through training, conferences and courses.

Day to day you will:

• Modernise the deployment and development mechanisms of the team by adopting a cloud-first approach and following DevOps best practices.
• Build reliable, modularised, and maintainable deployment pipelines to transition proof-of-concept designs into robust production-ready solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional peers using agile methodologies to safely deploy and maintain systems.
• Conduct thorough code reviews to ensure all team outputs align with high performance, security, and architectural standards.
• Troubleshoot multilayer application systems to proactively identify solutions for complex technical issues.
• Advocate for continuous improvement within the team, encouraging peers to elevate engineering standards.

What we're looking for from you:

• Demonstrate a strong technical background in supporting and building cloud solutions, specifically utilising AWS infrastructure.
• Utilize automation and CI/CD configuration tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CircleCI, Kubernetes, or GitHub to optimize delivery pipelines.
• Apply an understanding of modern programming languages, particularly Java ecosystem dynamics or scripting tools, to support backend workflows.
• Engage proactively within agile frameworks, collaborating effectively during team ceremonies to drive projects forward.
• Show a commitment to high-quality code standards by practicing test-driven development (TDD) methods.

If you think you have what it takes but don’t tick every requirement on the list, please do apply. We recognise that considering someone’s potential as well as their experience is a great way to hire. We want to hear from people who have a passion to learn and develop.

News UK is one of the leading media businesses in the UK and Ireland. Our newsbrands include The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, The Sun on Sunday and The TLS. Our national broadcast brands include talkSPORT, Times Radio and Virgin Radio UK, and we have market-leading local stations across Ireland. Our world-famous brands provide news, analysis, opinion and entertainment to almost 40 million people each month. Spanning print and pixel, audio and video, events and experiences, our multi-format brands are home to a plurality of opinion, representing the diverse communities we serve. Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose, we exist to promote a fair society, freedom of speech and a little bit of fun. Rethinking continually the business of storytelling, we represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter.

Life at News

Driven by passion, guided by principles and acting with purpose. We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter. We inform our audiences so that they can make decisions based on trusted information.

We represent, reflect and reach the nation, telling the stories that matter most. To ensure these stories resonate with as broad an audience as possible, it is essential that our organisation reflects the diversity of the people we reach. Whether through age, gender, ethnicity, disability, social class or sexuality, we are committed to representing the rich variety of voices that make up our society. And we champion a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute and thrive as we continue to innovate and drive long term sustainable growth. This is done through our Diversity Strategy.

At News UK, we take pride in our exceptional employee-led networks that bring together individuals with shared interests and create a vibrant sense of community. We believe our networks play a vital role in fostering a collaborative and supportive work culture at News UK. Groups that we support include the African & Caribbean Network, Parents and Carers, and LGBTQ+ group News Is Out, and the Apprentice Society.

Benefits

Some of our benefits include:

• Maternity leave up to 18 weeks full basic salary & paternity leave up to 2 weeks
• Wide range of training available, plus full LinkedIn Learning access
• Private medical insurance including coverage for pre-existing conditions
• Discounted gym memberships, free ClassPass at Home, weekly virtual yoga classes
• ‘Bikes for Work’ and ‘Electric Car’ scheme
• Up to 60% discount on Harper Collins books
• Access to exclusive events and competitions with exciting brands such as talkSPORT, Virgin Radio UK & The Times. Weekly virtual panel chats with top journalists and celebrities
• Access to wellbeing benefits such as EAP, physio/massage and counselling
• A generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 5%
• 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and up to 4 volunteering days per year

We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments due to a disability or health condition at any stage of your application or interview, please let us know. You can contact us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support you to perform at your best.