DevOps Engineer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, with EKS desirable
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker
• Strong hands-on experience with ECS
• Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Actions and CI/CD
• Proven experience delivering Infrastructure as Code in production environments
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and access management
• Experience working on complex enterprise or government platforms
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams
• Comfortable working independently and contributing to technical decision-making
• 3+ years experience as a DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Infrastructure Engineer
• Experience supporting internal platforms, analytical platforms, or data platforms
• Government experience desirable but not essential

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain cloud infrastructure within AWS environments
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Deploy and manage containerised workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, and ideally EKS
• Work closely with engineers, analysts, and product teams to support delivery of complex platforms
• Write clear technical documentation, tickets, and progress updates
• Identify and resolve technical issues while promoting engineering best practices
• Ensure security, IAM, and access control considerations are embedded into platform design

Technologies:

• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• Embedded
• GitHub
• IAM
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Terraform

More:

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a multidisciplinary government team, supporting the delivery and operation of complex internal platforms. This is a hands-on role where we need someone who can contribute from day one and champion automation and modern DevOps practices rather than relying on manual infrastructure management. The role is hybrid, with 1 to 2 days on site per week in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Manchester, or London, with remote working possible for the right candidate. The contract is £675 per day inside IR35 for 4 months with scope to extend, and active SC clearance is required.

last updated 33 week of 2026