Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS Infrastructure Architect

DeliveryApp

Manchester, United Kingdom

2 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Job location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Cloud Computing

Continuous Integration

DevOps

Disaster Recovery

Github

Prometheus

Working Model 2D

Grafana

Cloudformation

Containerization

Kubernetes

Functional Programming

Cloudwatch

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

DeliveryApp is in an exciting phase of rapid growth. As we scale our operations and technology, we are expanding our engineering team to build the next generation of our platform. We are looking for a highly capable Senior DevOps Engineer to step in and take full ownership of our cloud infrastructure. You will not just be managing servers; you will be driving the architecture, making critical technical decisions, and leading the implementation of our DevOps capabilities from the ground up.

The Mission You will be architecting highly reliable, scalable, and secure AWS infrastructure designed to support high-impact, real-world logistics operations. Expect to tackle complex challenges involving high-availability architecture, seamless deployment pipelines, and proactive disaster recovery to keep our core network running flawlessly.

The Role This role owns infrastructure reliability, scalability, and cost efficiency. We are looking for an engineer with deep Infrastructure-as-Code maturity who will take complete ownership of designing, deploying, and maintaining sophisticated AWS environments that drive real value for the business.

Core Stack

Cloud: AWS (EC2, EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront)
Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform / CloudFormation
Containerization: Docker / Kubernetes
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins
Observability: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana

Requirements

Do you have experience in Terraform?, * Security: A strong, security-first mindset.

FinOps: Advanced cost optimization strategies and FinOps awareness.
Resilience: Deep expertise in disaster recovery and high-availability architecture.
Automation: High maturity in Infrastructure-as-Code practices.

Requirements

Experience: 5+ years of dedicated DevOps experience.
Scale Management: Proven track record managing production-scale AWS infrastructure.
Incident Response: Strong troubleshooting and resolution skills during live incidents.
Communication: Excellent and fluent English speaking skills are absolutely essential. You must have the ability to communicate clearly and effectively across both engineering and product teams.
Working Model: A minimum of 4 days a week on-site is required for deep collaboration, strategic planning, and essential on-site presence during major deployments or outages.