AWS DevOps Engineer

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.
You''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.

If you''re an AWS DevOps Engineer looking for your next opportunity to work on complex, secure cloud environments, I''d love to hear from you.