DevOps Engineer

Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS/Terraform/Kubernetes

Type: Permanent

Location: London - flexible working arrangements

Salary: £70-80K DOE

Our client are growing their team and are looking for a DevOps Engineer to contribute to the development and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure, help with the definition of best practices for infrastructure management and to support development processes with CI/CD. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of their cloud-based systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain the infrastructure and automation tools necessary for efficient and reliable deployment, operation, and monitoring of our cloud-based applications.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to define and implement best practices for software delivery, continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Develop and maintain scalable and efficient infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and CloudFormation.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes for orchestration and management.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, ensuring consistency and reproducibility across environments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for automation, streamlining workflows, and improving efficiency.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the DevOps space, making recommendations for adoption based on industry best practices.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including CodeCommit & CodePipeline, S3, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools, particularly Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Experience in Apache Airflow, AWS Backup & S3 versioning
• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for automation and tooling.
• Familiarity with monitoring and log management tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices.

Preferred Skills:

• Coding experience: C# and/or Python and/or SQL
• Networking experience: VPCs, subnets, routing

This is just a snapshot of our client's requirement. Get in touch for a full job spec and details on the position.

We will be assisting our client in interviewing and appointing the best candidate ASAP. Apply without delay for consideration.