DevOps Engineer - AWS

We’re working with a leading technology consultancy delivering complex digital transformation, cloud and platform engineering projects within highly secure public sector and defence environments.

As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building and operating scalable cloud platforms, automated deployment pipelines and secure infrastructure solutions. Working in agile delivery teams, you’ll contribute across the full project life cycle, from architecture and implementation to deployment, optimisation, and ongoing support.

This is an opportunity to join a collaborative engineering culture that actively encourages innovation, continuous improvement, and professional development., * Design, build and maintain secure cloud infrastructure within AWS environments

• Develop and operate automated CI/CD pipelines
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions
• Support containerised applications and platform services
• Monitor, maintain and optimise cloud-based systems and services
• Work closely with development teams to improve release processes and platform reliability
• Provide technical guidance on cloud engineering best practices
• Contribute to architecture decisions and platform improvements
• Support agile delivery using Scrum and Kanban methodologies
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering excellence across delivery teams

• Strong experience designing and operating AWS cloud environments
• Expertise in DevOps principles and best practices
• Proven experience with CI/CD tooling and automated deployment pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation or similar)
• Experience with containerisation technologies and Kubernetes-based platforms
• Knowledge of cloud security principles and secure-by-design approaches
• Background delivering solutions within Agile environments
• Experience supporting, mentoring or leading technical team members
• Strong stakeholder communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in highly regulated or secure environments

Hybrid - £70k - £80k PA + benefits Full Time Posted by: Digital Skills Ltd Posted: Friday, 30 October 2026 Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location