DevOps Engineer AWS

Staffworx Ltd
Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom
5 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
JavaScript
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Backup Devices
Bash
Configuration Management
Continuous Integration
Linux
DevOps
Disaster Recovery
Github
Python
Node.js
Ansible
Prometheus
Scala
Software Engineering
TypeScript
Data Logging
Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)
Grafana
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Kubernetes
GraphQL
Cloudwatch
Puppet
Terraform

Job description

  • Support and enhance AWS-based production platforms in an SRE capacity
  • Operate and optimise containerised workloads using AWS ECS and Kubernetes/EKS
  • Own and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
  • Work with Ansible and Puppet for configuration management
  • Build, maintain and troubleshoot GitHub-based CI/CD pipelines
  • Own monitoring, logging and alerting using Grafana, Prometheus, Loki and/or CloudWatch
  • Support incident management, root cause analysis and post-incident reviews
  • Contribute to AWS security, backup, disaster recovery and cost optimisation best practice
  • Work closely with software engineering teams to improve release quality, application resilience and production reliability

Requirements

This is a hands-on AWS DevOps/SRE role focused on reliability, automation, observability and production support. The ideal candidate will also bring a software engineering background, or strong application-level understanding, ideally across full stack or backend technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Scala, Java, GraphQL or similar., * Strong recent AWS DevOps/SRE experience in production environments

  • Hands-on experience with AWS ECS, Terraform, Ansible and/or Puppet
  • Strong Grafana experience, ideally with Prometheus, Loki and/or CloudWatch
  • GitHub/GitHub Actions or similar CI/CD experience
  • Solid Linux, networking and security fundamentals
  • Experience supporting 24/7 production systems
  • Good scripting skills in Python, Bash or similar
  • Software engineering background or strong application-level experience, ideally with JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, Scala, Java, GraphQL or similar
  • Kubernetes/EKS experience would be highly beneficial, * Strong extension potential
  • Outside IR35
  • Hybrid working, ideally 2 days per week on-site in Staines/West London
  • Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK

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