Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer

Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer (Contract)

Day Rate: £130–170 per day

Location: Remote (UK time zones preferred)

A fast-growing technology company are looking for an Infrastructure / DevOps Engineer to join their small but highly impactful infrastructure team on a long-term contract basis.

You’ll work closely with an experienced Head of Infrastructure to design, scale, and optimise modern cloud infrastructure powering a high-availability platform. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys working across infrastructure, automation, and cloud operations in a collaborative, remote-first environment.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing and maintaining scalable AWS infrastructure across modern cloud environments
• Building infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools, including CDK and Terraform
• Managing and optimising AWS services, including ECS, Lambda, VPC, and Aurora Postgres
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Implementing monitoring, observability, and alerting using Datadog
• Supporting development teams with deployment, automation, and operational best practices
• Improving infrastructure security, scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency
• Monitoring system performance and proactively identifying improvements
• Documenting infrastructure architecture and operational processes
• Collaborating closely with engineering teams across multiple time zones

What You Bring

• Strong hands-on AWS experience, ideally across ECS, Lambda, VPC, and RDS
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and/or CDK
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tooling, such as Datadog
• Knowledge of containerisation concepts and infrastructure best practices
• Some experience with TypeScript or JavaScript for scripting and CDK purposes
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities
• Excellent communication skills and confidence working in remote environments
• Comfortable asking questions, collaborating with others, and seeking clarification when needed
• Honest, self-aware, and team-oriented approach to engineering challenges

Nice to Have

• AWS certifications, such as Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer
• Advanced Datadog experience, including dashboards, APM, and log aggregation
• Experience with disaster recovery, backups, and infrastructure resilience
• Understanding of governance, compliance, and security best practices

Contract Details

• Long-term rolling contract with strong likelihood of ongoing extension
• Flexible structure with either:
• 4-day week at the equivalent of approximately £170/day
• 5-day week at a lower equivalent day rate of approximately £130/day
• Open to both junior and mid-level engineers with strong AWS fundamentals
• Remote-first role working primarily within UK time zones
• Preferred locations include Europe and South Africa