DevOps Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by 1762394331
£400 Per day
Inside
Remote
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Cloud Reliability Engineer / DevOps Engineer role is a 6-month contract position focused on managing monitoring, observability, and cost optimization tools within cloud infrastructure. The position requires expertise in tools such as Dynatrace, Prometheus/Grafana, Terraform, and GitHub Actions, ensuring effective system monitoring and automation workflows. The role is remote but based in London and classified as inside IR35, with a daily rate of £400.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace and Prometheus/Grafana
- Implement and support FinOps practices to optimise cloud spend and resource utilisation
- Develop, maintain, and patch infrastructure as code using Terraform
- Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD automation pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Monitor alerting rules, dashboards, and performance metrics to ensure reliability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to continuously improve infrastructure resilience and cost efficiency
- Apply security patches and updates to monitoring agents, dashboards, and automation tools
- Document operational procedures and system configurations
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in administering monitoring tools like Dynatrace and Prometheus/Grafana
- Strong knowledge of cloud cost management principles (FinOps)
- Proficiency in Terraform and infrastructure as code best practices
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions
- Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and monitoring issues
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
Salary (Rate): £400 daily
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Cloud Reliability Engineer / DevOps Engineer 6 month contract Remote / London Inside IR35 £400 per day SC Cleared Role Summary: We are looking for a Cloud Reliability Engineer to manage and administer monitoring, observability, and cost optimisation tools alongside infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines. This role includes expertise with Dynatrace, Prometheus/Grafana, FinOps practices, Terraform, and GitHub Actions. You will ensure systems are monitored effectively, costs are optimised, and automation workflows are maintained and patched to support scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage and maintain monitoring and observability tools such as Dynatrace and Prometheus/Grafana
- Implement and support FinOps practices to optimise cloud spend and resource utilisation
- Develop, maintain, and patch infrastructure as code using Terraform
- Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD automation pipelines with GitHub Actions
- Monitor alerting rules, dashboards, and performance metrics to ensure reliability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to continuously improve infrastructure resilience and cost efficiency
- Apply security patches and updates to monitoring agents, dashboards, and automation tools
- Document operational procedures and system configurations
Required Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience in administering monitoring tools like Dynatrace and Prometheus/Grafana
- Strong knowledge of cloud cost management principles (FinOps)
- Proficiency in Terraform and infrastructure as code best practices
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions
- Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure and monitoring issues
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer)
- Experience working in cloud cost optimisation and financial governance
- Familiarity with containerised environments and Kubernetes is a plus
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