AWS DevOps Engineer

• DevOps Engineer
• 100% Remote-Working (UK-based)
• 6 months (initially)
• £375 to £400 per day
• Outside IR35

The Opportunity:

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support a large-scale cloud transformation programme where you will play a key role in the planning, design, and implementation of cloud infrastructure, with a focus on AWS.

Working closely with the architecture, service and delivery teams, you will drive the migration of on-premises services into AWS, implement automation, CI/CD pipelines, and ensure operational security and resilience.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward-thinking organisation, contributing to the design and delivery of robust, scalable, and secure cloud services.

Skills and Experience:

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong AWS experience with Terraform.
• Hands-on with AWS services including RDS, ECS, API Gateway, SNS.
• Proficient with DevOps tools: Vault, Artifactory, Docker, GitHub, Jenkins, Maven and SonarQube.
• Strong background in CI/CD pipeline design (GitHub Actions and Jenkins).
• Containerisation with Docker.
• Monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and SNS.
• Solid AWS networking knowledge: VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, load balancing and Route 53.
• Automation skills with Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Git version control expertise (GitHub/GitLab).
• Proven incident response, root cause analysis and debugging skills.
• Strong communicator, able to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, Developer, SysOps) would be a bonus.
• Familiarity with the AWS Well-Architected Framework would be beneficial.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and implement scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Build, release and manage configuration of production systems.
• Lead continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins Groovy.
• Migrate on-premises services into AWS, including infrastructure, networking and security set-up.
• Troubleshoot across cloud-based applications (front-end, back-end, infrastructure).
• Recommend improvements to processes, architecture and tooling.

NB: Candidates must be eligible for BPSS security clearance which will processed following successful interviews (5-7 days).

Please contact Edward here at ISR Recruitment to learn more about our client and how they are leading the way in developing the next-generation of technical solutions through innovation and transformational technology??