AWS DevOps Engineer - Remote - 6Months

Posted 2 hours 1 minute ago by Stealth IT Consulting

Contract
Not Specified
Public Sector Jobs
Not Specified, United Kingdom
Job Description

Job Title: AWS DevOps Engineer
Rate: £480 (Inside IR35)
Duration: 6 months
Location: Remote
Clearance: BPSS

Must have Government Experience

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS/Azure) following government and departmental standards.

  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery.

  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, Pulumi).

  • Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, observability, alerting, and performance tuning.

  • Contribute to secure-by-default environments, applying security best practices and collaborating with cyber teams.

  • Support containerised applications using Docker and orchestration tools (Kubernetes/EKS/AKS).

  • Automate operational processes and reduce manual overhead wherever possible.

  • Provide technical expertise during incident response, troubleshooting, and post-incident reviews.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote DevOps culture and continuous improvement.

  • Contribute to architectural discussions and platform strategy.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure).

  • Strong Infrastructure as Code knowledge (Terraform preferred).

  • Proven experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.).

  • Proficiency with Linux systems engineering and Shell Scripting.

  • Understanding of containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).

  • Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).

  • Experience implementing robust security practices in cloud and DevOps environments.

  • Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Desirable Skills

  • Experience working in public sector or regulated environments.

  • Knowledge of GDS (Government Digital Service) standards and the Technology Code of Practice.

  • Familiarity with Zero Trust, IAM, and secrets management.

  • Experience with serverless architectures.

  • Background working in Agile/Scrum delivery teams.