Senior DevOps Engineer

SC or Eligible for SC Senior DevOps Engineer 12 months + contract initially + Extensions Based: Hybrid based - Newcastle or London or Leeds or Manchester or Blackpool or Sheffield - Flexible Rate - £Market Rates p/d via Umbrella

We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a number of Senior DevOps Engineer’s on a long term program of work.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will be part of an Agile, multidisciplinary team delivering modern digital services. You will design, build, and operate cloud environments and delivery pipelines that support frequent, reliable releases. You will be expected to deliver automated software components that form part of a DevOps toolchain, using modern tooling to develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments thereby putting automation at the heart of everything. You will support complex application ecosystems including microservices, serverless workloads, event-driven integrations (Kafka), and Front End applications, ensuring environments are secure, cost-optimised, and compliant with organisational standards

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, support, and manage multiple AWS environments, ensuring scalability, security, and cost optimisation
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines (Git-based) across microservices, serverless (Lambda), Front End (React), event-driven integrations, and API gateway integrations (eg, Kong)
• Write and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Cloudformation to provision consistent, repeatable environments
• Use helm to automate configuration, deployment, and operational workflows
• Operate and support Kubernetes platforms (eg, EKS) and containerised workloads.
• Build and deploy the application services using AWS serverless services like lamabda, ECS fatgate and etc.
• Apply strong security practices including IAM role management, MFA, secrets management, encryption, and least-privilege access for development teams
• Implement monitoring, alerting, logging and operational dashboards to support reliability and observability
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure/pipeline issues and drive root-cause fixes and preventative improvements
• Collaborate with development teams to embed automation, quality gates, and release readiness practices
• Ensure cloud resources are correctly tagged and aligned to FinOps standards for cost tracking and governance
• Document and continuously improve DevOps standards, patterns, and ways of working

Key Skills & Experience:

• Deep hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, including multi-environment setup, networking (VPC, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway), and serverless services
• Strong experience in Kubernetes in operating/supporting Kubernetes platforms (EKS preferred)
• Strong expertise using Terraform, Helm, ansible in delivering Infrastructure as Code
• Very good experience in Ansible in automation for configuration management and operational workflows
• Strong experience in identity and access management (IAM roles, MFA, access controls) in cloud environments
• Experience supporting diverse application stacks including React Front End, microservices, serverless (Lambda), and event-driven systems (Kafka)
• Strong experience managing CI/CD pipelines across distributed systems and cloud-native architecture
• Awareness of accessibility requirements (eg, WCAG standards) in Front End delivery environments
• Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies in Agile environments
• Solid Linux/Unix skills and Scripting capability (automation mindset) and experience of Docker/container tooling and registry management
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling (eg, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana or equivalent)
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, networking, and pipeline issues

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Basic understanding of AI/ML based testing approaches (eg test optimisation, intelligent test selection, or data driven testing)
• Experience working in UK Public Sector or with government clients
• Exposure to Azure and/or Azure Pipelines
• Event-driven/integration tooling exposure (eg, Kafka)
• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid working environment
• Experience with API gateways such as Kong (Enterprise Edition)
• Exposure to integration patterns involving ETL processes or RPA systems

This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible.

LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world’s most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.

A multiple award-winning organisation, having secured the prestigious Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade over consecutive years. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of background or identity, and we encourage candidates who may not meet every listed requirement to still apply. If you require any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to ensure a fair and accessible experience.

Please Note: If a high volume of applications is received, only candidates shortlisted will be contacted.

• Deep hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, including multi-environment setup, networking (VPC, PrivateLink, Transit Gateway), and serverless services
• Strong experience in Kubernetes in operating/supporting Kubernetes platforms (EKS preferred)
• Strong expertise using Terraform, Helm, ansible in delivering Infrastructure as Code
• Very good experience in Ansible in automation for configuration management and operational workflows
• Strong experience in identity and access management (IAM roles, MFA, access controls) in cloud environments
• Experience supporting diverse application stacks including React Front End, microservices, serverless (Lambda), and event-driven systems (Kafka)
• Strong experience managing CI/CD pipelines across distributed systems and cloud-native architecture
• Awareness of accessibility requirements (eg, WCAG standards) in Front End delivery environments
• Strong experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies in Agile environments
• Solid Linux/Unix skills and Scripting capability (automation mindset) and experience of Docker/container tooling and registry management
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling (eg, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana or equivalent)
• Strong troubleshooting skills across cloud infrastructure, networking, and pipeline issues

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Basic understanding of AI/ML based testing approaches (eg test optimisation, intelligent test selection, or data driven testing)
• Experience working in UK Public Sector or with government clients
• Exposure to Azure and/or Azure Pipelines
• Event-driven/integration tooling exposure (eg, Kafka)
• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration skills
• Ability to work effectively in a hybrid working environment
• Experience with API gateways such as Kong (Enterprise Edition)
• Exposure to integration patterns involving ETL processes or RPA systems

LA International is an award-winning partner of choice for many of the world’s most influential companies and government organisations. Holding Enhanced Government Security Accreditation, we are recognised as the European market leader in the delivery of Security Cleared talent to organisations that demand the very highest levels of security, compliance and assurance.