Summary: The AWS DevOps Engineer/SRE role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and secure infrastructure on AWS for a global technology client. The position emphasizes automation, collaboration, and adherence to best practices to ensure high system reliability and performance. The role requires a strong background in cloud-native environments and various DevOps tools and methodologies. This is a contract position with a focus on both development and operational responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure with a focus on availability, scalability, and security.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform.
• Build, optimize, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments.
• Collaborate with developers, QA, and stakeholders to support smooth delivery of web and backend services.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure system health and reliability.
• Enforce security and compliance best practices across infrastructure and deployments.
• Continuously improve platform performance, resilience, and developer experience.

Key Skills:

• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer or SRE, preferably in cloud-native environments.
• Strong expertise in AWS services and architecture.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and system administration.
• Hands-on experience with automation tools and scripting (e.g., Bash, Python).
• Proficient in CI/CD tools and workflows (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform (or similar tools).
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a bonus.
• Background in performance tuning and incident response is a bonus.
• Familiarity with regulatory compliance (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001) is a bonus.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT