Environment Management SME

🌍 Environment Management SME (AWS / DevOps / Observability)

📍 Location: London (3 days per week onsite)

💼 Contract Type: 6-month contract (Inside IR35)

💰 Day Rate: TBC - likely in the region of £500 - £600 (Inside IR35)

🏦 Industry: Banking & Financial Services

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Environment Management SME to lead the design, automation, and optimisation of cloud environments across a dynamic financial services landscape. You’ll work closely with cross-functional engineering teams to build and maintain scalable, secure, and observable cloud infrastructure on AWS — enabling reliable delivery and operational excellence.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role , ideal for a senior DevOps or Cloud Engineer who thrives on building robust platforms, mentoring teams, and driving best practices in observability and environment management.

What You’ll Do

• Design, implement, and manage AWS-based environments using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Build and maintain observability platforms leveraging Datadog and Geneos for end-to-end monitoring, alerting, and insights.
• Champion GitOps methodologies using GitLab CI/CD , ensuring consistent, automated, and auditable deployments.
• Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability, scalability, and performance into the delivery lifecycle.
• Lead cloud cost optimisation initiatives aligned with FinOps principles.
• Oversee incident response, conduct root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement.
• Mentor engineers and influence the adoption of SRE best practices across the organisation.

About You

You’re a technically strong DevOps/SRE professional with a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and observability. You combine hands-on engineering expertise with the ability to drive strategy and mentor others.

Essential Skills:

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS, ECS).
• Proven ability to build and manage infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) .
• Advanced knowledge of Datadog and Geneos for monitoring and alerting.
• Proficiency with GitLab CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and/or Bash .
• Solid Linux and networking knowledge.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes .
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Desirable:

• AWS Certifications (e.g. Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer).
• Experience defining SLOs/SLIs and applying SRE principles.
• Exposure to multi-cloud or hybrid environments.
• Background in financial services or other regulated sectors.

Why Join

• Work on high-impact projects in a leading financial services environment.
• Collaborate with top-tier engineering teams on cutting-edge AWS and observability platforms.
• Hybrid setup offering both flexibility and engagement.
• Competitive Inside IR35 day rate commensurate with expertise.

📩 Apply now to take on a pivotal role in shaping a modern, scalable, and observable cloud environment that drives innovation across the enterprise.

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