AWS Platform DevOps Engineer
Posted 4 days ago by TieTalent
£500 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The AWS Platform DevOps Engineer role is a 6-month contract position based in Birmingham, requiring active SC and NPPV3 clearance. The position involves working with AWS technologies to develop and maintain cloud solutions, with a focus on security and automation. The role requires on-site presence 2-3 days a week and an immediate start, ideally in July 2025. Candidates should have strong experience in DevOps practices within a 24x7 AWS environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain AWS-based cloud solutions with a focus on security best practices.
- Provision infrastructure using Terraform and manage VMs with tools like Vagrant.
- Automate processes using configuration management tools in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment.
- Utilize strong scripting skills for automation tasks.
- Manage Jenkins and pipeline processes using Groovy script.
- Work with Docker containers and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
- Implement system monitoring using tools like Grafana and Prometheus.
- Utilize Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.
Key Skills:
- Good experience with AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS).
- Strong scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, JAVA).
- Experience with Docker and system monitoring tools.
- Hands-on DevOps delivery experience in government organizations.
- Linux system administration experience.
- Knowledge of Windows System Update Service and DFS Replication.
- Understanding of network topologies and protocols.
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
AWS Platform DevOps Engineer (SC & NPPV3) 6-month Contract Birmingham (Hybrid) £450-£500/day Outside IR35
We are seeking an AWS DevOps Platform Engineer for a contract position based in Birmingham.The role requires travel to Birmingham 2-3 days a week and an immediate start, ideally in July 2025. Active SC clearance (that has been used within the last 12 months) and NPPV3 (that's been used within the last 6 months) are required for this role.
A Chance to Work with a Leading Digital Transformation Business Delivering Large-scale, Long-term IT Projects for the Public Sector.
Key Skills & Experience
- Good experience with AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
- Provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant.
- Experience with DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
- Strong scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, JAVA) and automation skills.
- Thorough knowledge of Jenkins and pipeline using Groovy script.
- Experience with Docker containers and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
- Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana, Alert Manager, Prometheus, Node exporter).
- Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.
Desired Skills And Experience
- Hands-on DevOps delivery experience working on Digital or Technology projects at a government organisations.
- Knowledge of Windows System Update Service and DFS Replication.
- Linux system administration experience: building, hardening, and managing Linux operating systems.
- MS Active Directory configuration and management.
- Firewall and switch configuration and patch management.
- Understanding of network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).
- Experience with Windows Group Policy Objects and access/permissions control via GPO