DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer – Government Project (Public Sector)

Contract Length: 6 Months

Rate: £520 per day

IR35 Status: Inside IR35

Location: Remote / UK Based

Clearance: Eligible for SC Clearance or Active SC Clearance Preferred

The Opportunity

A leading public sector programme is seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join a high-profile government project focused on cloud transformation, infrastructure automation, and platform modernisation.

This is an excellent opportunity to work within a large-scale AWS environment supporting critical services used across the public sector. You will play a key role in building and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure, improving CI/CD pipelines, and driving automation across engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure across secure environments
• Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
• Automate infrastructure deployments using Terraform or CloudFormation
• Containerise applications using Docker and support Kubernetes environments
• Work closely with development and platform teams to improve deployment reliability
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
• Support Infrastructure as Code best practices and DevOps ways of working
• Ensure security and compliance standards are maintained across cloud environments

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong commercial AWS DevOps experience
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
• Containerisation experience using Docker and Kubernetes
• Strong scripting knowledge using Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Experience working within secure or regulated environments
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK
• Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills

Desirable Experience

• Previous government or public sector project experience
• Experience working within SC-cleared environments
• Knowledge of serverless technologies or event-driven architecture
• Exposure to multi-account AWS environments and landing zones

What’s on Offer

• 6-month initial contract with strong extension potential
• £520 per day inside IR35
• Opportunity to work on a nationally significant government programme
• Collaborative engineering environment with modern cloud tooling
• Long-term project roadmap with ongoing transformation initiatives

If you are an AWS DevOps Engineer looking for your next contract within the government sector, apply now to discuss the opportunity further.