DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Contract Role: DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Location: UK (Mostly Remote with Occasional Onsite)

Rate: £550 per day (Inside IR35)

Duration: 6 months (Initial)

Overview

We are seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join a high-profile government digital transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a large-scale, mission-critical platform that delivers impactful public services.

You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure, while driving automation and deployment best practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure in line with best practices
• Build and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to support frequent, reliable releases
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Deploy and manage containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Collaborate with development and security teams to enhance system reliability and performance
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimise infrastructure and deployment pipelines
• Ensure compliance with government security standards and policies

Skills & Experience RequiredEssential:

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (core services, networking, security)
• Proven experience with CI/CD tooling (eg, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar)
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation)
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Demonstrated experience working on UK Government or public sector projects
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and agile delivery

Desirable:

• Experience with monitoring/logging tools (eg, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments
• Familiarity with serverless architectures
• Experience with platform engineering approaches

Personal Attributes

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to work effectively in distributed/remote teams
• Proactive, self-driven, and delivery-focused

Additional Information

• Candidates must have experience working in government environments (essential)
• Eligibility for security clearance may be required
• Occasional onsite attendance may be expected depending on project needs

Why Apply?

• Work on a high-impact national programme
• Contribute to cutting-edge cloud and DevOps practices
• Competitive day rate and flexible working setup

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (core services, networking, security)
• Proven experience with CI/CD tooling (eg, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar)
• Solid experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation)
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Demonstrated experience working on UK Government or public sector projects
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles and agile delivery

Desirable:

• Experience with monitoring/logging tools (eg, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments
• Familiarity with serverless architectures
• Experience with platform engineering approaches

Personal Attributes

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
• Ability to work effectively in distributed/remote teams
• Proactive, self-driven, and delivery-focused, * Candidates must have experience working in government environments (essential)
• Eligibility for security clearance may be required
• Occasional onsite attendance may be expected depending on project needs

• Work on a high-impact national programme
• Contribute to cutting-edge cloud and DevOps practices
• Competitive day rate and flexible working setup