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