Technical Operations Engineer

TechOps Engineer (NPPV required)

£50,000–£60,000 + bonus + benefits

Crewe, Cheshire (Hybrid - 3 days in office)

Permanent | Full-time

DCS Technology are for a TechOps Engineer to join an established and forward-thinking IT Infrastructure team, supporting, maintaining, and continuously improving a complex and dynamic IT environment.

You’ll play a vital role in ensuring the stability, scalability, and performance of the company’s cloud and on-premises infrastructure, collaborating closely with development and DevOps teams to deliver high-quality, secure, and efficient systems.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced engineer passionate about automation, cloud technologies, and infrastructure optimisation within a modern, collaborative environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Automate infrastructure tasks including environment builds, scaling, self-healing, monitoring, and patching using modern tools and scripts.

• Support and maintain the organisation’s AWS infrastructure, ensuring availability and performance.

• Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to deliver and support their infrastructure requirements.

• Contribute to the design and build of cloud-based solutions that prioritise scalability, cost efficiency, and security.

• Create and maintain documentation for infrastructure technologies and ensure all system changes follow change management processes.

• Ensure systems and environments comply with internal controls, security policies, and best practices.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation

• Hands-on experience with container technologies including Kubernetes and Docker

• Proficiency in AWS services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, VPC, Route53, S3, RDS, and CloudWatch

• Scripting skills in Python and Bash

• Understanding of Linux systems and database technologies (e.g., Ubuntu, Apache, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Nginx)

• Experience in planning and executing system integrations and migrations

• Proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams, particularly alongside software development and DevOps functions

• Awareness of IT Security fundamentals and best practices

• Familiarity with Service Management disciplines, ideally using the ITIL framework

• Enthusiastic, proactive, and adaptable with a keen interest in emerging technologies and cloud trends

What you get in return:

• £50,000–£60,000 per annum + bonus + benefits

• Hybrid working (3 days in office, 2 from home)

• Opportunities for professional development and training

• Collaborative, inclusive environment with a focus on innovation

• Modern cloud-first tech stack and hands-on exposure to AWS architecture