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# Senior DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** Get2Talent
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, DevOps, Software Deployment, Delivery Pipeline, Software Security, SC Clearance, Containerization, Deployment Automation, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** August 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-devops-engineer/get2talent-job107810036

## About the Role

* Strong commercial AWS experience
 * Proven experience building new cloud infrastructure
 * Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code
 * Strong knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, automation and containerisation
 * Experience with technologies such as Terraform, Docker and Kubernetes
 * Good understanding of AWS security principles and secure deployment practices
 * Experience delivering within Agile teams
 * Ability to lead technical solutions and take ownership of delivery
 * Strong customer-facing and stakeholder-management skills
 * Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers

Security requirements

Applicants must:

 * Be a British citizen
 * Have lived permanently in the UK for the last five years
 * Be eligible to obtain UK security clearance

## Description

You'll join a fast-paced Agile delivery team, designing and building secure AWS infrastructure, automated deployment pipelines and shared platform services for high-profile UK Government and Defence projects.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role for someone experienced in building new infrastructure-not solely maintaining existing environments.
Key responsibilities

 * Design, build and manage secure AWS cloud infrastructure
 * Create automated CI/CD pipelines
 * Develop reusable Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform
 * Build and operate platforms for containerised applications
 * Support software deployment, monitoring and operational performance
 * Lead technical delivery throughout the full project lifecycle
 * Advise customers on AWS architecture and technology choices
 * Manage senior stakeholder relationships and key project deliverables
 * Mentor engineers and support junior team members
 * Promote Agile best practices, including Scrum and Kanban


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