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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # DevOps Engineer - **Company:** gb Sanderson Recruitment - **Location:** London, UK (Remote available) - **Salary:** £130,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** 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), 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 - **Published:** September 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/devops-engineer/sanderson-recruitment-job107954254 ## About the Role * 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. ## 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. ## Related Videos - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Post-Quantum Cryptography: Preparing for Q-Day](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100179-post-quantum-cryptography-preparing-for-q-day) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [Software Engineer Salary London](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/252-software-engineer-salary-london) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline)