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# Senior DevOps Engineer

- **Company:** gb
Candour Solutions Limited
- **Location:** Manchester, UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £50,000.0 - £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** PHP (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3, Ubuntu (Operating System), Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Data Integration, Extract Transform Load (ETL), DevOps, PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, MySQL, Cloud Services, SQL Databases, Scripting, Autoscaling, Amazon ElastiCache, Git, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Docker, Amazon Redshift
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-devops-engineer/candour-solutions-limited-job107996986

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Cloud or Platform Engineering role.
 * Strong hands-on experience designing and supporting AWS environments at scale.
 * Expertise with Terraform and IaC.
 * Strong Linux administration and Bash/Shell scripting skills.
 * Strong understanding of Git and CI/CD principles.
 * Experience optimising cloud infrastructure for performance, resilience and cost efficiency.

Key Skills:

 * AWS (ECS, Auto Scaling Groups, ALB, CloudFront, Lambda, RDS Aurora, ElastiCache, Redshift, S3, MSK, Control Tower)
 * Terraform & Infrastructure as Code
 * Linux (Ubuntu)
 * Bash/Shell scripting
 * Docker
 * PHP 7/8
 * SQL, MySQL & PostgreSQL
 * ETL and data integration
 * Git & CI/CD

## Description

This client is looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their growing engineering team. This is a hands-on role focused on supporting and evolving a large-scale AWS environment while driving Infrastructure as Code, automation and DevOps best practices.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

 * Manage and enhance a complex AWS cloud environment, ensuring the reliability, performance and scalability of core platform infrastructure.
 * Design and deliver new cloud solutions and infrastructure enhancements to support continued business growth and increasing customer demand.


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