AWS DevOps Platform Engineer - eSC/eDV Clearance

• Design and deploy containerized applications on AWS, leveraging expertise in AWS component services
• Provision AWS infrastructure, considering cloud-native architecture and deployment models
• Ensure seamless integration with DevOps toolchains and CI/CD pipelines
• Apply knowledge of Storage, Compute, and Security Services to administer hybrid cloud environments
• Configure High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions and manage Kubernetes clusters

Join our team and contribute to the development of innovative AWS infrastructure solutions that drive business success. If you're passionate about understanding and solving complex infrastructure challenges and have a knack for creating AWS solutions that maximize ROI, we'd love to hear from you., IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

As an AWS DevOps Infrastructure Specialist, you'll bring your technical expertise and problem-solving skills to our team, contributing to the design, deployment, and maintenance of containerized applications on AWS. You'll work alongside experienced professionals, learning and growing as you help ensure seamless integration with DevOps toolchains., Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Hands-on experience designing and deploying containerised workloads on AWS (e.g. EKS, ECS, Docker)
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) including environment provisioning and automation
• Practical knowledge of Kubernetes ecosystem (cluster management, networking, scaling, troubleshooting)
• Solid understanding of AWS core services (Compute, Networking, Storage, Security) and cloud-native architecture patterns
• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains (e.g. GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Experience implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) strategies in AWS environments
• Strong Linux systems knowledge and troubleshooting capability within cloud and container environments
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional engineering teams and contribute to delivery outcomes
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, particularly in technical delivery contexts

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience working within multi-account AWS environments (e.g. Organizations, landing zones)
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tooling (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
• Exposure to security best practices in cloud and container environments (IAM, secrets management, Zero Trust concepts)
• Experience supporting or delivering cloud migration or modernisation programmes
• Experience working in regulated or enterprise-scale environments (e.g. Public Sector, Financial Services), Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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• Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

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