DevOps Engineer
We are hiring for two DevOps contract roles: Senior DevOps Engineer (£465-£480/day) and DevOps Engineer (£440/day).
Senior DevOps Engineer - Contract
Client: Government / Public Sector Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £465-£480 per day Clearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility required Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London (Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks)
Role Overview
We're looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support the design, delivery, and operation of reliable, scalable cloud platforms within a government environment. You'll take a lead role in automation, platform stability, and mentoring, contributing to high-impact digital services.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead incident response and outage management, including triage, stakeholder communication, and resolution
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and frequent software delivery
- Implement and support cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
- Support containerised platforms and orchestration solutions
- Collaborate across engineering teams to improve DevOps practices
- Mentor and support DevOps engineers and developers
- Promote automation, security, reliability, and continuous improvement
Core Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS
- Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
- Kubernetes (build, deploy, operate)
- CI/CD tooling (e.g. GitLab)
- Experience operating production systems in complex environments
- Solid understanding of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering principles
- Comfortable working in agile, multidisciplinary teams
DevOps Engineer - Contract
Client: Government / Public Sector Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £440 per day Clearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility required Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London (Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks)
Role Overview
We're seeking a DevOps Engineer to help build and maintain modern cloud platforms supporting critical public sector services. You'll work hands-on with automation, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines, contributing to reliable and scalable systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery
- Develop and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
- Support and operate containerised applications and platforms
- Assist with incident response and service reliability
- Collaborate with software engineers to improve delivery and operational efficiency
- Champion DevOps best practices, automation, and quality
Core Skills & Experience
- Experience with AWS
- Terraform for infrastructure provisioning
- Kubernetes and container-based deployments
- CI/CD tools such as GitLab
- Understanding of DevOps principles and modern cloud-native architectures
- Experience working in agile delivery teams