Senior DevOps Engineer

Summary

The Senior DevOps Engineer will manage and evolve a large-scale AWS cloud environment, focusing on Infrastructure as Code, automation, and platform reliability. The role requires extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, Linux, and CI/CD pipelines to support business growth.

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer
Salary: £50,000-£65,000
Work Pattern: Remote First - UK Based & occasional days in the Manchester office.

This client is looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to join their growing engineering team. This is a hands-on role focused on supporting and evolving a large-scale AWS environment while driving Infrastructure as Code, automation and DevOps best practices.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

  • Manage and enhance a complex AWS cloud environment, ensuring the reliability, performance and scalability of core platform infrastructure.
  • Design and deliver new cloud solutions and infrastructure enhancements to support continued business growth and increasing customer demand.

Key Requirements:

  • 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, Cloud or Platform Engineering role.
  • Strong hands-on experience designing and supporting AWS environments at scale.
  • Expertise with Terraform and IaC.
  • Strong Linux administration and Bash/Shell scripting skills.
  • Strong understanding of Git and CI/CD principles.
  • Experience optimising cloud infrastructure for performance, resilience and cost efficiency.

Key Skills:

  • AWS (ECS, Auto Scaling Groups, ALB, CloudFront, Lambda, RDS Aurora, ElastiCache, Redshift, S3, MSK, Control Tower)
  • Terraform & Infrastructure as Code
  • Linux (Ubuntu)
  • Bash/Shell scripting
  • Docker
  • PHP 7/8
  • SQL, MySQL & PostgreSQL
  • ETL and data integration
  • Git & CI/CD

Benefits:

  • Performance Bonus
  • Fully Remote Working
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
  • Career Development
  • Collaborative Culture

If you are interested, please apply now!

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