DevOps Engineer

Opus is supporting a data-driven organisation entering a critical delivery phase, this opportunity is for a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer who thrives in hands-on work and enjoys partnering closely with engineering teams building Node.js applications in high-volume data environments. The Role You’ll take full responsibility for AWS infrastructure and DevOps strategy, enabling and optimising Node-based services that ingest, process, and transport large datasets. The emphasis is on automation, scalability, reliability, and empowering development teams to ship quickly and safely. Key Responsibilities • Designing, implementing, and maintaining AWS infrastructure using IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) • Enhancing and supporting CI/CD pipelines for Node.js services • Architecting scalable, resilient cloud solutions for data-heavy workloads • Managing containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS) • Improving observability across platforms, including monitoring, logging, and alerting • Collaborating closely with Node.js engineers to streamline deployments and environments • Embedding best practices across security, cost optimisation, and operational reliability What You’ll Bring • Proven experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer within AWS-centric environments • Strong hands-on Infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform preferred) • A solid background in CI/CD, automation, and modern DevOps tooling • Experience supporting production Node.js applications • Exposure to high-throughput or data-intensive systems • Confidence working autonomously in a contract setting If your looking for a new challenge and this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. Please apply with your most Up-to-Date CV, please contact me at Senior AWS DevOps Engineer | Hybrid | Bristol | Onsite 3 days per week | OutsideIR35