Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes)

Job Description

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: December 31, 2026
Work set up: Hybrid (Remote with travel to Croydon as required)
Clearance required: BPSS + SC Transfer (approximately 7 weeks)

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes) to support the delivery, automation, and management of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes-based services within a public sector environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, cloud resources, deployments, and platform reliability while contributing to the continuous improvement of cloud-native services. Strong experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and DevOps tooling is essential.

What you will do:

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads.
• Deploy and support applications using Docker and Helm.
• Administer AWS cloud resources, including RDS, Lambda, and Amazon S3.
• Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Migrate CI/CD pipelines between platforms, including Jenkins to alternative CI/CD solutions.
• Perform infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform.
• Deploy applications to test and production environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Kubernetes platform issues.
• Manage infrastructure-related operational activities.
• Configure and maintain Vault secrets management.
• Administer security certificates across platform environments.
• Monitor platform performance using Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Support Linux-based infrastructure and systems.
• Manage source code repositories using Bitbucket.
• Collaborate with technical teams to improve platform stability, automation, and deployment efficiency.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational standards.