AWS DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer

London - 4 days per week (non-negotiable)

12 months initial contract

Inside IR35 - £550

Asap Start

We are supporting a global financial services client (hedge fund) on the hire of a mid-level AWS DevOps / Platform Engineer to work within a high-performing technology environment.

This is a hands-on engineering role, focused on building and supporting cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and platform reliability.

Role Responsibilities

Build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure

Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar)

Support containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes / EKS)

Ensure platform stability, monitoring, and performance

Support deployments, release cycles, and environment setup

Work closely with engineering teams to enable delivery and best practice

Core Requirements

4+ experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering

Strong hands-on experience with AWS

Experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Exposure to Kubernetes / container platforms

Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments preferred

Technical Environment

AWS (core infrastructure + networking fundamentals)

Terraform (IaC)

Kubernetes / EKS

Docker / containerisation

CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab or similar)

Profile

Strong hands-on engineer (not an architect / not purely strategic)

Comfortable working across infrastructure, pipelines, and environments

Able to operate with a degree of autonomy in delivery teams

Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and comfortable in fast-paced environments

Additional Notes

This is a high-ownership role with strong engineering expectations

Preference for candidates with exposure to:

Financial services or similar environments

High-availability / performance-driven platforms