AWS DevOps Engineer - Remote - 6Months

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.