If you're an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer with a strong background in designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and deployment systems, we have a new remote contract role that may interest you. Please note this role can be fully remote and has been deemed Inside IR35. Key Responsibilities • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure using Terraform to support automated and auditable deployments. Establish best practices for IaC repository structure and version control. • Cloud Platform Management: Deploy and manage cloud resources primarily in AWS and Snowflake. Focus on scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and resilience across compute, storage, networking, and IAM. • Cloudflare Integration: Configure Cloudflare services, including DNS, edge security, caching, and performance features. • CI/CD Pipelines: Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (or similar), automating deployment workflows across environments. • Observability & Monitoring: Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, or Grafana to maintain infrastructure health and performance. • Security & Operations: Follow DevSecOps best practices for secure infrastructure design. Manage secrets, scan for vulnerabilities, and support incident response procedures. • Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams including development, data, and security. Participate in technical reviews, planning sessions, and architecture discussions. • Documentation: Maintain up-to-date technical documentation to support operational continuity and handovers. • Continuous Improvement: Recommend and implement improvements to architecture, tooling, and workflow automation. About You – Skills & Experience • Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and infrastructure provisioning. • Deep expertise in AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, VPC, and security groups. • Proficiency in managing Cloudflare configurations and security features. • Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and tooling, especially GitHub Actions. • Familiarity with monitoring and observability practices for distributed systems. • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Problem-solver with a proactive mindset. Bonus Skills • Experience with Snowflake for data warehousing and data operations. • Exposure to ML Ops practices and machine learning deployment. • Familiarity with security tools, vulnerability scanners, and compliance frameworks. • Experience with other IaC or configuration tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet). • Understanding of container and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes. • Scripting skills with Python, Bash, or similar.