DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote (see advert for details)

The University of London is the UK’s largest provider of international distance and online learning and the convenor of a federation of 17 London-based universities, many of which are among the highest-ranking universities in the world.

CoSector

A digital services provider that operates as part of the University of London. It evolved from the University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), established in 1968 to offer computing services to the University’s colleges. In 2015, ULCC transitioned into CoSector, continuing its mission to support the education sector through digital solutions.

The Role

CoSector – University of London is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join our Platform Services team.

In this role, you’ll help standardise how we build, deploy and run services for our education and public-sector customers. You’ll be driving automation, repeatability and great documentation so we deliver reliably at pace.

You’ll turn manual tasks into automated pipelines, introduce and maintain configuration-as-code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible), and keep our environments well-documented and testable. Day to day, you’ll collaborate with engineers and developers across Digital Services, support customer queries, and record activity in our service management tools to ensure transparency and high-quality delivery. Occasional out-of-hours work may be required.

This is a varied, hands-on role, ideal for someone comfortable in Linux/LAMP environments who enjoys improving processes and tooling, and who can bring others with them as ways of working evolve.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Excellent organisational and communication skills, with a methodical approach to problem-solving and documentation.
• Experience working effectively in teams and the ability to motivate others through positive, professional collaboration.
• Hands-on experience with Linux and LAMP operations, plus a solid understanding of core web technologies.
• Exposure to configuration-as-code and automation (Terraform, Ansible or similar).
• Familiarity with deployment pipelines, version control and automated testing concepts (unit, integration, regression).
• A customer-focused mindset and confidence engaging proactively with users and stakeholders.

You’ll be supported with training and real-world opportunities to develop your DevOps skills and broaden your impact across our platforms.

For a full role profile, please refer to the job description.

Further Information

To be considered for this opportunity, please submit your Application and CV (by clicking ‘Apply’ at the top of this page) before the closing date at midnight on 30th October 2025.

The University will be unable to sponsor candidates for a visa for this role. Successful applicants must be able to prove their right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

The University reserves the right to close the vacancy earlier than the published end date should it receive sufficient applications to warrant earlier shortlisting.

This is a fully remote role. However, you will need to attend the office on specific days for all staff meetings which take place approximately every quarter. You may also be required to occasionally attend training or attend meetings at customer institutions.

The University of London is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive working environment where we can all be ourselves and succeed. We particularly encourage applications from members of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities as this group is currently under-represented at all levels within the University. All appointments will be made on merit, based on the criteria named in the job description.

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