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 environmentsSecurity 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