AWS DevOps Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by itecopeople
£67 Per hour
Outside
Hybrid
South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The AWS DevOps Engineer role is a short-term contract position focused on enhancing cloud infrastructure and improving CI/CD pipelines within an AWS environment. The successful candidate will support the deployment of scalable services and work closely with a dynamic team. This position requires a strong background in AWS services and DevOps practices. The role is hybrid, requiring three days a week in Sheffield and the remainder remote.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available AWS infrastructure
- Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation
- Manage Kubernetes clusters and deploy containerised applications
- Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows
- Monitor systems, troubleshoot issues, and optimise performance
- Implement and maintain security and compliance controls across AWS environments
- Collaborate with software developers and architects to support continuous delivery and operational excellence
Key Skills:
- Proven background as an AWS DevOps Engineer in commercial environments
- Strong expertise in AWS core services including EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, RDS, Route 53, and VPCs
- Solid experience with Kubernetes and containerisation using Docker and Amazon EKS
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CodePipeline
- Monitoring and logging with tools like CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
- Scripting in Python, Bash, or similar
- Good understanding of networking, security groups, load balancers, and general cloud security best practices
Salary (Rate): £67.00/hr
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
AWS DevOps Engineer – Contract
We're looking for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join a dynamic team on a short-term contract, starting as soon as possible. You'll be instrumental in supporting and enhancing cloud infrastructure, deploying scalable services, and improving CI/CD pipelines within an AWS environment.
Start: ASAP
Duration: 3 months
Day Rate: c. £500 per day (Outside IR35)
Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week in Sheffield, remainder remote
Key Skills & Experience Required:
- Proven background as an AWS DevOps Engineer in commercial environments
- Strong expertise in AWS core services including EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, RDS, Route 53, and VPCs
- Solid experience with Kubernetes and containerisation using Docker and Amazon EKS
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CodePipeline
- Monitoring and logging with tools like CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar
- Scripting in Python, Bash, or similar
- Good understanding of networking, security groups, load balancers, and general cloud security best practices
Tasks:
As a key member of the team, you will:
- Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available AWS infrastructure
- Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation
- Manage Kubernetes clusters and deploy containerised applications
- Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows
- Monitor systems, troubleshoot issues, and optimise performance
- Implement and maintain security and compliance controls across AWS environments
- Collaborate with software developers and architects to support continuous delivery and operational excellence
If you're an AWS DevOps Engineer ready to hit the ground running, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more.
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