Insight International (UK) Ltd

Security Ops Engineer

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This role is for a Security Ops Engineer on a contract basis in Birmingham, UK (Hybrid). Key skills required include hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and SQL. Strong problem-solving abilities and proficiency in a programming language are essential.
🌎 - Country
United Kingdom
💱 - Currency
£ GBP
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💰 - Day rate
Unknown
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🗓️ - Date
October 10, 2025
🕒 - Duration
Unknown
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🏝️ - Location
Hybrid
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📄 - Contract
Unknown
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🔒 - Security
Unknown
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📍 - Location detailed
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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🧠 - Skills detailed
#Kubernetes #Security #MySQL #Integration Testing #Terraform #Infrastructure as Code (IaC) #SQL (Structured Query Language) #Debugging #AWS (Amazon Web Services) #Scripting #Programming #Databases
Role description
Role- Security Ops Engineer Location- Birmingham, UK (Hybrid) Employment type- Contract Operations Job Spec • Evidence of hands-on (job) experience with AWS & Kubernetes (mandatory) • Learning projects are not enough, they need to have worked on live projects that use this stack. • Good understanding of different network protocols/tech, how, when, where and why you would use one over the other e.g. • HTTP(S) • ICMP • DNS • ARP • SSH • etc. • Must be able to debug and fix networking problems in an AWS environment. • Good understanding of databases/sql. • Should be able to log in to any database (postgres/mysql/etc) and execute basic commands. • Be an independent problem solver, needs to be able to be given a problem and present/implement solutions without support from others. • Hands-on (job experience) use of IAC (`terraform`) mandatory • Evidence of being able to fix errors in `terraform` runs. • Good communication & writing skills • Well practiced in at least one _real_ programming language. • `shell`, `powershell` or any other scripting language is not enough. • Knowledge of development processes and pipeline execution, such as: • TDD/BDD • Unit & Integration testing • Vulnerability scanning • Debugging and Fixing CI workflows