AWS Cloud Native DevOps Engineer

AWS Cloud Native Dev Ops Engineer Consultant / Senior Consultant

Salary: 65,000 - 75,000 pa plus benefits, pension and healthcare options
Job Type: Permanent - Hybrid / 2 x days per week - Travel to client site
Base Locations: London, Manchester, Bristol
Security Clearance: Candidates must hold active SC clearance

We're looking for AWS Cloud Native Dev Ops Engineers who are passionate about building secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms. You'll work on mission-critical programmes, helping organisations modernise their cloud infrastructure through automation, cloud-native technologies, and Dev Ops best practices. This is an opportunity to work within high-performing engineering teams delivering secure AWS solutions in complex environments where reliability, security, and performance are essential.

• Design, build, and manage secure, scalable AWS cloud environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient software delivery.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Collaborate with Agile teams, architects, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Automate infrastructure and operational processes through scripting.
• Troubleshoot and optimise cloud infrastructure and deployments.
• Apply cloud security best practices, including Zero Trust principles.
• Continuously learn and adopt emerging cloud and Dev Ops technologies.

• Strong experience deploying and managing AWS infrastructure within secure or regulated environments.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Cloud Formation, or Pulumi.
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Git Lab CI, Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, or ArgoCD.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or Power Shell.
• Solid understanding of AWS networking concepts including VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancing, and security groups.
• Experience with monitoring and logging platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or AWS Cloud Watch.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and Zero Trust security models.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across cloud and platform technologies.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to hold active Security Check (SC) clearance.