AWS DevOps Engineer

We’re looking for an experienced Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to take a leading role in the design, build and delivery of cloud infrastructure and automation for our clients., As a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer, you’ll take technical ownership of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code and deployment automation across client engagements.

You’ll work closely with architects, engineers, security specialists and client teams to design and implement solutions that are secure, resilient, scalable and repeatable.

Alongside hands-on engineering, you’ll provide technical leadership, help establish engineering standards and practices, support less experienced engineers and contribute to key technical decisions throughout delivery.

What You’ll Do

Lead the design, build and evolution of secure AWS cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities

Design and maintain scalable, secure and automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub

Own infrastructure-as-code approaches using Terraform, ensuring environments are repeatable, maintainable and compliant

Define and promote engineering standards, patterns and best practices across delivery teams

Embed automation across build, test, deployment and operational workflows

Apply DevSecOps and security-by-design principles throughout the delivery lifecycle

Design, deploy and operate containerised workloads using Kubernetes and AWS services such as ECS and EKS

Work with architects and security specialists on cloud architecture, networking, identity, security and integration requirements

Implement effective monitoring, observability, logging and alerting to support resilient services

Provide technical leadership during complex troubleshooting and resolution of infrastructure and deployment issues

Engage with clients and technical stakeholders to understand requirements, explain technical decisions and provide recommendations

Mentor and support engineers, encouraging knowledge sharing and continuous improvement

Identify opportunities to improve engineering practices, automation, reliability and delivery efficiency

This is a hands-on senior engineering role, combining deep AWS and DevOps expertise with technical ownership, client engagement and the ability to guide other engineers and influence engineering practices., Current SC clearance is highly desirable due to the nature and timescales of our client engagements. Candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain SC clearance

Significant hands-on experience designing, building and operating solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Strong knowledge of AWS compute, networking, identity, security and container services

Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub

Demonstrable expertise with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code at scale

Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and operating containerised workloads in cloud environments

Good understanding of DevSecOps, OWASP principles and security-by-design

Experience designing and implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions

Strong Scripting skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar

Experience making technical design decisions and providing engineering leadership within multidisciplinary teams

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across complex cloud environments

Confidence working directly with clients and communicating technical concepts, decisions and recommendations

Experience working within Agile delivery environments

Experience supporting and mentoring other engineers

Desirable

AWS Professional-level certification, such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or Solutions Architect - Professional

Strong experience delivering solutions for public sector, defence or other regulated clients

Experience working within secure environments and understanding the associated security and assurance requirements

Experience contributing to technical designs, architecture decisions and engineering standards