DevOps Engineer - Contract
Posted 1 week ago by Premier Group
£63 Per hour
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of DevOps Engineer involves working on a contract basis for a large insurance company, focusing on building and maintaining cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. This position is primarily remote, requiring only one day per month on-site in London. The ideal candidate will collaborate with engineering teams to enhance system reliability, scalability, and security. The contract is initially for six months and classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
- Monitor system performance, availability, and security
- Support deployments and troubleshoot production issues
- Collaborate with developers to improve release processes and system resilience
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role
- Strong cloud experience (AWS preferred, but open)
- CI/CD tooling (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)
- Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Solid Linux and scripting skills (Bash, Python, etc.)
- Comfortable working autonomously in a contract environment
Salary (Rate): £62.50/hr
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
DevOps Engineer (Contract) – Outside IR35
Remote (1 day per month on-site in London)
Contract | Outside IR35
Up to £500 per day initially 6 months
We’re looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join our client's team on a contract basis. Our client is a large insurance company based on Liverpool Street. This is a highly remote role, with just one day per month required on-site in London
The Role
You’ll play a key role in building, maintaining, and improving our cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, working closely with engineering teams to ensure reliability, scalability, and security across our platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP)
- Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
- Monitor system performance, availability, and security
- Support deployments and troubleshoot production issues
- Collaborate with developers to improve release processes and system resilience
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role
- Strong cloud experience (AWS preferred, but open)
- CI/CD tooling (e.g. GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)
- Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Solid Linux and scripting skills (Bash, Python, etc.)
- Comfortable working autonomously in a contract environment