We're urgently hiring Senior DevOps Engineers to join a high-performing infrastructure team delivering enterprise microservice architecture for a major public sector client. You'll build and run AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes container platforms in fast-paced 2–3 week sprints. Candidates must hold active SC clearance and have strong AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform expertise.
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Senior AWS DevOps Engineer (Remote) - Public Sector | Inside IR35
- 100% Remote (UK) - occasional expensed travel for workshops/meetings
- 12-month contract, extensions likely
- Inside IR35
- Active SC Clearance required - NPPV3 sponsored on project
- Flexible start date
- One-stage technical interview (MS Teams)
About the Role
We're urgently hiring Senior DevOps Engineers to join a high-performing infrastructure team delivering enterprise microservice architecture for a major public sector client. You'll build and run AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes container platforms in fast-paced 2–3 week sprints.
What You'll Do
- Design, deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure via Terraform/IaC
- Build and manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and containerised workloads
- Automate CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) for build, test, deploy and monitoring
- Migrate and integrate customer workloads into AWS
- Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform incidents
- Implement security best practice — IAM, encryption, network security
- Work in Git/GitLab across sprint-based delivery
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Essential
- Active SC Clearance (must-have), willing to undergo NPPV3 vetting
- 5–10+ years' DevOps experience with strong IaC background
- Expert AWS: EC2, EKS, RDS, Route 53, VPC, S3
- Expert Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
- Expert Terraform
- Strong Jenkins CI/CD experience
- Solid Git version control
Desirable
- AWS/Kubernetes/Terraform certifications
- Python or similar scripting experience
- Prometheus/Grafana/CloudWatch monitoring experience
- Broader product lifecycle exposure (requirements/service design)
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Expert-level AWS knowledge, specifically:
- EC2
- EKS (Kubernetes)
- RDS
- S3
- Expert-level containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes
- Expert-level Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management
- Strong experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, particularly with Jenkins
- Proficient with Git and version control workflows
- Hands-on experience with Helm
- Solid understanding of security policy implementation, including IAM, encryption and network security
This is a high-priority, fast-moving requirement. Candidates must hold active SC clearance and have strong AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform expertise. Applications without active SC clearance will not be considered, please apply only if you meet this requirement.
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