AWS DevOps Engineer

Job Title: AWS DevOps Engineer Rate: £500 (Inside IR35) Duration: 6 Months Location: Remote Clearance: SC Eligible Key Responsibilities • Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS/Azure) following government and departmental standards. • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery. • Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Pulumi). • Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, observability, alerting, and performance tuning. • Contribute to secure-by-default environments, applying security best practices and collaborating with cyber teams. • Support containerised applications using Docker and orchestration tools (Kubernetes/EKS/AKS). • Automate operational processes and reduce manual overhead wherever possible. • Provide technical expertise during incident response, troubleshooting, and post-incident reviews. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote DevOps culture and continuous improvement. • Contribute to architectural discussions and platform strategy. Essential Skills & Experience • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure). • Strong Infrastructure as Code knowledge (Terraform preferred). • Proven experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.). • Proficiency with Linux systems engineering and Shell scripting. • Understanding of containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.). • Experience implementing robust security practices in cloud and DevOps environments. • Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Desirable Skills • Experience working in public sector or regulated environments. • Knowledge of GDS (Government Digital Service) standards and the Technology Code of Practice. • Familiarity with Zero Trust, IAM, and secrets management. • Experience with serverless architectures. • Background working in Agile/Scrum delivery teams.