DevOps Engineer - Cortech Talent Solutions Ltd

Dev Ops Engineer - Cortech Talent Solutions Ltd

Role: Industrial IoT Dev Ops Engineer

Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire

Work Model: Onsite with occasional WDIV

Salary: £40,000–£50,000 depending on experience, plus pension and performance bonus.

Legal: Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK.

This is an exciting role for a Dev Ops engineer who wishes to work in IoT, energy, aerospace, manufacturing, and nuclear industries. The role is 80 % Dev Ops and server management and 20 % data gathering. You will support the deployment, maintenance, and operation of secure, connected monitoring systems in harsh industrial environments, delivering cloud and on‑prem solutions that connect ultrasonic sensors—including LoRaWAN—so that actionable asset data is delivered to end users.

The role involves system integration, device onboarding, data flow management, and managing live customer instances. You will work closely with internal engineering teams and external partners to support real‑world deployments in sectors such as energy, chemicals, and manufacturing, focusing on long‑term corrosion monitoring and defect detection.

Your focus will be developing Node‑RED flows that ingest and output data in a range of IoT and industrial formats, and connecting IoT devices, including configuring on‑gateway LoRaWAN LNS using Chirp Stack.

In year one you will support a pilot with around 10 customers and up to 100 devices,build processes that will scale to thousands of devices in future years.

• Deploy, integrate, and support connected devices to Things Board and customer systems using Node‑RED, including developing new flows and integrations.
• Connect IoT devices, including configuration of on‑gateway Chirp Stack LoRaWAN LNS and deployment of connected devices.
• Assist with Linux VMs, Docker, and basic firewall rules under an established run‑book (e.g. Azure NSG, Cloudflare Access) to ensure secure deployments.
• Ensure secure and reliable agricultural device‑to‑cloud data flow using HTTP, MQTT, APIs, and modern industrial protocols (e.g. Modbus‑TCP, OPC‑UA).
• Commission and troubleshoot devices, gateways, and networks in the field, including validating LoRaWAN connectivity.
• Collaborate with engineering and customer support teams to onboard new devices and customers smoothly, and provide knowledge transfer through concise documentation and run‑books.
• Support the maintenance and improvement of dashboards and workflows in Things Board.
• Provide lightweight support for a small legacy IIS/SQL Server application (minimal time commitment, basic configuration only).

• Use of Node‑RED Scotts for building and managing data flows.
• Experience with LoRaWAN sensors and Chirp Stack (or similar) LNS platforms.
• Hands‑on experience deploying and supporting IoT or web‑connected systems.
• Familiarity with industrial protocols such as Modbus‑TCP and OPC‑UA.
• Basic firewall/security administration (e.g. Azure NSG, VPN, or Cloudflare rules).
• Basic Linux and Docker administration.
• HTTP, MQTT integration and JSON payload handling.

• Experience editing dashboards or building custom widgets in Things Board (PE or CE).
• Practical use of Postgre
  
  SQL.
• JavaScript (or similar) scripting; willingness to learn TBEL.
• Exposure to IIS and SQL Server.
• Good problem‑solving and communication skills.

• Competitive salary, pension and performance bonuses.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits including Cycle‑to‑Work scheme, Holiday Buy‑back and First Friday Half Days monthly, with increasing leave on years of service.
• Access to Electric Car Scheme.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.

Please email a CV to dan