Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

About the job Senior AWS Dev Ops Engineer

Location: Reading/Berkshire (Hybrid - 1-2 days/week in office)
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Industry: Health Tech / Digital Healthcare

Shape the Future of Digital Healthcare

We're looking for a Senior AWS Dev Ops Engineer who wants more than just another deployment role. This is your chance to architect, influence, and lead cloud solutions that genuinely improve patient outcomes and transform healthcare delivery.

Our client is a rapidly growing health tech company redefining medical software - and they need someone who can take ownership of their entire AWS ecosystem while helping shape the technical direction of innovative healthcare applications.

Full AWS Lifecycle Ownership - From initial architecture through deployment, monitoring, and optimization
Strategic Influence - Your voice matters in technical decisions and solution roadmaps
Healthcare Impact - Build systems that directly improve patient care and medical outcomes
True Autonomy - Freedom to innovate and implement best practices your way
Hybrid Flexibility - Minimal office requirements (1-2 days/month max)

• Designing secure, scalable AWS infrastructure from the ground up
• Leading infrastructure decisions and influencing strategic technical direction
• Building robust CI/CD pipelines for mobile and cloud applications

• Setting up and optimizing EC2 instances, Lambda functions, RDS databases
• Implementing comprehensive cost management and optimization strategies
• Managing VPCs, IAM policies, and security configurations across environments

• Building sophisticated monitoring and alerting systems
• Implementing observability solutions for proactive issue detection
• Creating dashboards and metrics that drive operational excellence

• Ensuring HIPAA, GDPR and healthcare regulatory compliance
• Implementing security best practices across all AWS services
• Managing access controls and audit trails for regulated environments
• Working closely with remote development teams on technical solutions
• Driving automation and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives
• Contributing to technical strategy and innovation roadmap

• Deep experience across core AWS services: EC2, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, Cloud Formation, S3
• Proven track record managing complete AWS lifecycle including provisioning, monitoring, cost optimization
• Strong CI/CD pipeline expertise and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Infrastructure-as-Code mastery (Terraform, Cloud Formation)

• Experience in regulated industries (healthcare, financial services, life sciences)
• AWS cost management and Fin Ops experience
• Monitoring tools expertise (Cloud Watch, Datadog, New Relic, Prometheus)
• Security and compliance framework knowledge
• Experience with observability and APM solutions

Real Impact - Your work directly improves healthcare outcomes
Growth Trajectory - Join a scaling company where your contributions shape the future
Innovation Focus - Encouraged to bring new ideas and implement cutting-edge solutions
Work-Life Balance - Genuine hybrid flexibility with minimal travel requirements
Career Development - Opportunity to grow with the business and expand your influence
Competitive Package - Excellent salary plus comprehensive benefits

If you're an experienced AWS Dev Ops Engineer who wants to move beyond just "keeping the lights on" and actually architect solutions that matter, this could be perfect for you.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive team.