DevOps Engineer

gb Sanderson Recruitment
London, UK
7 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£130,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

JavaScript (Programming Language) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Cloud Computing Continuous Integration Linux DevOps Disaster Recovery Groovy Monitoring of Systems Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
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PostgreSQL Linux System Administration Virtual Desktops Nginx OpenVPN Scripting ReactJS System Availability Large Language Models Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Gitlab Kubernetes Data Analytics Operational Systems Api Gateway Kibana Restful APIs Terraform Docker Jenkins Microservices

Job description

We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing engineering team responsible for the support, maintenance and continuous improvement of a secure, business-critical platform.

You’ll play a key role in ensuring platform reliability, availability, security and performance while working closely with software developers, support teams and platform engineers. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a complex AWS environment, supporting modern DevOps tooling, cloud infrastructure and automation initiatives.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Supporting and maintaining AWS-hosted infrastructure and platform services.
  • Managing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
  • Supporting containerised applications using Docker.
  • Building, maintaining and improving CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab and Groovy.
  • Monitoring platform performance, availability and health through Elastic and Kibana.
  • Troubleshooting infrastructure, deployment and production issues.
  • Supporting cloud networking technologies including VPNs, OpenVPN, Transit Gateway and API Gateway.
  • Administering Linux and Windows environments.
  • Supporting PostgreSQL environments hosted within EC2 and RDS.
  • Contributing to disaster recovery, resilience and business continuity activities.
  • Managing platform patching, upgrades and security updates.
  • Producing and maintaining technical documentation.
  • Working closely with development teams to improve automation and deployment processes.
  • Participating in incident management and on-call support when required.

Requirements

  • Strong AWS infrastructure and platform support experience.
  • Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Docker.
  • Jenkins.
  • GitLab.
  • CI/CD pipeline implementation and support.
  • Groovy scripting.
  • Linux administration.
  • Windows administration.
  • NGINX.
  • PostgreSQL (EC2 and RDS environments).
  • AWS Transit Gateway.
  • AWS API Gateway.
  • AWS Virtual Desktop.
  • VPN and OpenVPN technologies.
  • Elastic and Kibana.
  • Infrastructure monitoring, alerting and performance management.
  • Troubleshooting, incident management and root cause analysis.
  • Experience working within secure or highly regulated environments.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Skills

  • AWS SageMaker.
  • Python scripting and automation.
  • Kubernetes or other container orchestration platforms.
  • Infrastructure security and hardening.
  • Cloud networking and connectivity.
  • C# and .NET.
  • JavaScript and React.
  • REST APIs.
  • Microservices architecture.
  • Experience supporting Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products.
  • Experience supporting analytical, intelligence or partner-provided platforms.
  • Exposure to SOLAR, MAT or similar operational systems.
  • Experience supporting AI-enabled platforms and services.
  • Exposure to Large Language Models (LLMs).
  • Data analytics and monitoring platforms., You’ll be a hands-on DevOps Engineer who is comfortable supporting live production environments, driving automation, improving operational processes and collaborating across engineering teams. You’ll have a strong AWS background, excellent troubleshooting skills and a proactive approach to platform reliability and continuous improvement.

Benefits & conditions

£500 per day (Inside IR35) 12 Month Contract Remote Working | Occasional Travel to London

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