AWS DevOps Engineer

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Length: 6 months (extensions available)

Work Location: 100% remote, with monthly, expenses paid travel to office

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Industry: Government

Interview Process: MS Teams, 1 Stage

Are you a hands-on AWS DevOps Engineer with a track record of automating large-scale cloud platforms in the public sector?

Join an established technology programme where you’ll take over from a Senior Engineer, leading CI/CD automation and cloud infrastructure across multiple AWS environments.

This is a long-term contract within a secure, high-impact government setting—ideal for engineers who thrive on ownership, mentoring, and continuous improvement...

Tech Stack:

AWS | Terraform | Jenkins | Docker | Kubernetes (EKS/ECS) | Helm | Prometheus | Grafana | ELK | Vault | Ansible | Bitbucket | CloudFormation

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain secure, highly available AWS environments.
  
  
• Architect CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Terraform, and CloudFormation.
  
  
• Lead infrastructure automation, security, and scaling initiatives.
  
  
• Collaborate across development and platform teams to deliver new features.
  
  
• Implement robust observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
  
  
• Ensure compliance and security best practices (ITHC remediation, IAM policies).
  
  
• Mentor engineers and share DevOps best practices.
  
  
• Participate in release management, triage, and incident resolution.
  
  Essential Skills:
  
  
• Expert DevOps skills: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, Helm, Concourse, Dynatrace, Vault, Grafana, Prometheus, Keycloak, Postgres
  
  
• Understanding of Agile and DevOps methodologies
  
  
• Live, transferrable SC Clearance
  
  Desirable Skills:
  
  
• AWS Certified (Architect / Developer / SysOps)
  
  
• HashiCorp Terraform Certified
  
  
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, or PowerShell
  
  
• Experienced using Ansible, CloudFormation
  
  
• Mentorship experience and ability to influence best practices