Devops Engineer - SC Cleared

About Scrumconnect Consulting

Scrumconnect Consulting is a multi-award-winning digital consultancy whose work has positively influenced the lives of over 40 million UK citizens. We deliver impactful technology solutions across UK government departments, working at the forefront of user-centred design, agile delivery, and scalable digital services that genuinely make a difference.

Strong focus on work-life balance with a flexible hybrid model (1 day onsite)

Be part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary agile environment alongside civil servants and industry experts

Location

Newcastle, Manchester, or Leeds - one day per week on-site

Role Overview

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer (SFIA Level 4) to support and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a public sector client. You'll work with a reasonable degree of autonomy, contributing to infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and observability, while collaborating closely with senior engineers and the wider delivery team.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Ansible across AWS environments

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab, supporting automated build, test, and deployment workflows

Write and maintain automation scripts and tooling using Bash and Python

Manage and support API gateway and reverse Proxy tooling, including Kong (CE/EE) and Nginx

Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and Alert Manager

Manage compute and container infrastructure including EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, ECS (monitoring), and ECR

Administer networking and security configuration, including Route53, Security Groups, IAM, ACM, and KMS

Support infrastructure deployments using CloudFormation

Manage storage infrastructure using S3, including life cycle policies and access controls

Participate in incident response, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis

Follow and support security standards, change management, and release governance processes

Contribute to sprint planning, refinement, and other agile ceremonies

Support continuous improvement of automation, observability, and platform reliability

Required Skills & Experience

Experience in a DevOps, Platform Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering role

Hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure as code

Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab

Proficiency in Bash and Python Scripting for automation

Experience with Kong (CE/EE) and/or Nginx for API gateway/reverse Proxy management

Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Alert Manager for monitoring and alerting

Working knowledge of AWS compute and container services: EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, ECS, ECR

Solid understanding of AWS networking and security: Route53, Security Groups, IAM, ACM, KMS

Experience with CloudFormation for infrastructure deployment

Experience managing S3 storage in a production environment

Comfortable working within established processes and escalating appropriately, while developing toward greater independent ownership

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Excellent communication and collaboration abilities

Additional Information

SFIA Level: 4

Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required

Location: Newcastle, Manchester, or Leeds (in-office one day per week)

Our Interview Process

We keep things straightforward. Following an initial CV review, successful candidates will be invited to a short screening call with our recruitment team, followed by a two-stage Interview process comprising a technical assessment and a values-based interview with the hiring team. We aim to move quickly and will keep you informed at every stage.

Equal Opportunities

Scrumconnect Consulting is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and welcome applications from all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.

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