AWS DevOps engineer - hybrid

We're on the lookout for contract AWS Dev Ops engineers for our consultancy partner who are supporting a major UK Government Agency on a large-scale cloud transformation programme to join a high-performing delivery team. The role is paying £500-£550 inside IR35, and will involve weekly visits to their London HQ.

You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and platform services within a secure AWS environment. Working alongside architects, developers, security specialists, and product teams, you will help drive Dev Ops best practices and ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of critical services.

Key Responsibilities

Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient AWS cloud infrastructure.
Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and related tooling.
Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable software delivery.
Automate deployment, monitoring, and operational processes.
Collaborate with development and platform teams to embed Dev Ops principles and best practices.
Implement cloud security controls and ensure compliance with government standards.

Required Skills & Experience
Essential

Strong commercial experience as a Dev Ops Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or Platform Engineer.
Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services including:
EC2
VPC
IAM
Route 53
RDS
S3
Cloud Watch
Lambda
ECS and/or EKS