DevOps Engineer

We are hiring a DevOps Engineer with a strong blend of Database Administration and DevOps expertise. This role will typically involve 60% DBA and 40% DevOps responsibilities, which may shift to 30% DBA/70% DevOps depending on project needs.

We are looking for a hands-on engineer who can also provide technical leadership when DBA work is a priority., As a DevOps Engineer, you will:

• Design, build and automate secure AWS cloud environments using best practices
• Drive a strong DevOps culture focused on collaboration, transparency and continuous improvement
• Support multidisciplinary Agile delivery teams and remove technical blockers
• Lead technical workshops and manage escalations
• Champion servant leadership and knowledge sharing
• Deliver highly available, secure and scalable cloud platforms

• 5+ years of AWS experience, including: EC2, RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, VPC, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS

• Strong Terraform/Infrastructure as Code expertise
• Solid experience with Linux, Docker, Amazon Linux 2023
• Strong Jenkins CI/CD pipelines using Groovy

• Advanced Scripting skills in one or more of: Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, Java

• Expert PostgreSQL DBA skills, including:
• Performance tuning
• High availability & replication
• Backup & disaster recovery
• Experience supporting 24/7 production AWS environments

• Monitoring & observability tools: Grafana, Prometheus, Alert Manager

• Tools & collaboration platforms: Git, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow

• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills
• Must be SC Cleared and UK-based for the duration of the programme

Desired Skills

• Linux system administration
• Active Directory & networking fundamentals
• Firewall/switch configuration and patching
• AWS or Azure certifications (or willingness to obtain)
• Public sector delivery experience
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills