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# AWS Devops Engineer UK up to £55K

- **Company:** SmartSourcing Ltd
- **Location:** Preston, United Kingdom (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £55,000
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Configuration Management, DevOps, Github, Identity and Access Management, Internet Security, Performance Tuning, Scrum Methodology, Web Applications, Web Platforms, Data Logging, Delivery Pipeline, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Sentry, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/gb/en/find-jobs-in-United-Kingdom/-04616DF2D72AB5C786/

## About the Role

Minimum 3 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer with a focus on AWS.

In-depth knowledge of core AWS services (eg, ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM).

Proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools (eg, Docker, ECS).

Strong understanding of Internet security and AWS toolsets such as Inspector/GuardDuty.

Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.

Experience with monitoring and logging tools (eg, CloudWatch, Sentry, Pager Duty)

Proven ability to troubleshoot and optimize high-traffic web applications.

Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Desirable skills and knowledge:

Experience with serverless architectures and microservices.

Prior experience managing high-traffic, highly concurrent web platforms.

Familiarity with agile methodologies (eg, Scrum).

AWS certifications (eg, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect).

## Description

Build and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure AWS infrastructure tailored for high-availability systems.

Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline/Github Actions

Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.

Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize system performance, ensuring 99.99% uptime and reliability for high-traffic platforms.

Collaborate closely with other devops members and developers to design cloud-native and scalable applications.

Monitor, liaise and Remedy platform security issues in relation to both infrastructure and application vulnerabilities.

Create documentation for infrastructure design changes and workflows for better knowledge sharing throughout the business.