Contract
DevOps Engineer
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Newcastle upon Tyne
Posted: 22 May 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 21 June 2026
Ref: 225147220
Job Description
Role: DevOps Engineer-
Location: Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham.-(60% per week to onsite on either location)
Clearance:-Active SC Clearance required
Work Type: Contract (3-6 Months)
Overview
We are seeking-experienced DevOps Engineers-to join a high-profile programmed within a secure government environment. This role focuses on building, automating, and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure while supporting data-driven platforms and integrations.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain-cloud-based infrastructure-using AWS
- Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using-Terraform
- Support and optimise-data processing pipelines-using Apache Spark and Airflow
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver secure and scalable solutions
- Implement CI/CD pipelines using-GitLab
- Containerise applications and services using-Docker
- Conduct and implement-security scanning and vulnerability management
- Work with-Jupyter Notebooks-for data exploration and development
- Strong experience with-AWS services
- Expertise in-Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
- Hands-on experience with:
- Apache Spark
- Python
- Apache Airflow
- Docker
- GitLab CI/CD
- Experience with-security scanning tools-such as:
- Trivy
- Trend Micro
- Wiz (or similar)
- Knowledge of-data engineering and pipeline orchestration
- Familiarity with-Jupyter Notebooks
- Experience working in-secure/public sector environments
- Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Birmingham.-(60% per week to onsite on either location)
- Occasional travel to-Newcastle-required for team workshops, planning, and collaboration sessions
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