Role: 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 usingJenkins, 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
