AWS Devops Engineer
Summary
Hands-on AWS DevOps engineer designing and running secure, scalable cloud platforms: building infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation/Pulumi), CI/CD pipelines, monitoring/observability, and automation for mission-critical environments. Requires active SC clearance and sole UK nationality; hybrid, UK-wide with occasional London or Manchester travel.
AWS DevOps Engineer
- Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 plus benefits, pension & healthcare options
- Location: UK Wide | Occasional travel to either central London or Manchester
- Job Type: Permanent | Hybrid
- Requirements: Active SC Clearance and Sole UK nationality
The Opportunity:
We're looking for experienced AWS Cloud Native DevOps Engineers to join engineering teams delivering secure, scalable and resilient cloud platforms.
Yo'u'll be working across complex, mission-critical environments, helping organisations modernise their technology estates through AWS, automation, Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices.
This is a hands-on engineering opportunity where you'll have the chance to solve challenging infrastructure problems, improve cloud platforms and work alongside experienced engineers, architects and technical stakeholders.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Design, deploy and manage secure AWS cloud infrastructure
- Build Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated delivery processes
- Implement effective monitoring, logging and observability
- Automate infrastructure and operational tasks through scripting
- Work with Agile engineering teams, architects and stakeholders
- Troubleshoot, optimise and continuously improve cloud environments
- Implement cloud security best practices, including Zero Trust
- Evaluate and adopt new cloud-native and DevOps technologies
What We're Looking For:
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure, ideally within secure or regulated environments
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi
- Practical experience with CI/CD, using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or ArgoCD
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash or PowerShell
- Good understanding of AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancing and security groups
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or CloudWatch
- Understanding of cloud security and Zero Trust principles
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ability
- Experience working within Agile delivery environments
Security Clearance: Active SC clearance is essential. Candidates based in Bristol must hold active DV clearance.