£500 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: AWS DevOps Platform Engineer required for a 6-month contract in Birmingham, involving hybrid working with travel 2-3 days a week. The role demands active SC and NPPV3 clearance, with an immediate start preferred in August/September 2025. The position focuses on developing and maintaining AWS-based cloud solutions for public sector IT projects, emphasizing best practices in cloud security.
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.
- Work in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment, automating processes with configuration management tools.
- 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 (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.
- Experience with MS Active Directory and network protocols.
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
(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.