Details:
- Salary: £75,000 - 80,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: Manchester Greater Manchester
- Date: 6 days ago
Description:
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