AWS Platform DevOps Engineer

AWS Platform DevOps Engineer

Posted 2 weeks 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 engineer will work primarily on AWS technologies to develop and maintain cloud solutions while ensuring best practices in cloud security. The position involves a hybrid working arrangement with travel to Birmingham 2-3 days a week and an immediate start. Candidates should have strong experience in DevOps within a 24x7 AWS environment and automation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop and maintain AWS-based cloud solutions with a focus on security best practices.
  • Provision infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools like Vagrant.
  • Automate processes using configuration management tools in a 24x7 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:

  • Experience with AWS technologies (EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS).
  • Strong scripting skills (Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, JAVA).
  • Knowledge of Jenkins and Groovy scripting for CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with Docker and system monitoring tools.
  • DevOps delivery experience in government or technology projects.
  • Linux system administration skills.
  • Understanding of network protocols and services.
  • Experience with Windows Group Policy Objects and Active Directory.

Salary (Rate): £500 daily

City: Birmingham

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

AWS Platform DevOps Engineer (SC & NPPV3) 6-month Contract Birmingham (Hybrid) £450-£500/day Outside IR35

AWS DevOps Platform Engineer needed for a Contract position based in Birmingham.The role requires travel to Birmingham 2/3 days a week and an immediate start, ideally in August/ Setmeber 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