DevOps Engineer
Posted 2 weeks ago by TrueNorth®
£625 Per day
Inside
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The role of DevOps Engineer is a senior contract position focused on leading technical initiatives and enhancing team skills while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships. The position requires extensive experience with AWS, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, along with excellent communication skills. The role is fully remote and is expected to last for six months with a likelihood of extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead technical initiatives and up-skill team members.
- Maintain strong stakeholder relations.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
- Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
- Build observability and metrics solutions for distributed systems.
- Communicate technical concepts effectively to diverse audiences.
- Proactively identify and address issues.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience with Terraform.
- Advanced knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda).
- Expertise in Cloudflare configuration and management.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub for code repositories.
- Experience in building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Strong problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Experience with Snowflake and ML Ops practices (nice to have).
- Familiarity with security tools and compliance frameworks.
- Understanding of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash).
- Prior contractor or consulting experience in DevOps.
Salary (Rate): £625 per day
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
DevOps Contract
Rate: £625 per day (Inside IR35)
Fully Remote
6 Months, likely extension.
Real need: A senior that has experience leading from a technical POV, good up-skilling of team, good stakeholder relations.
Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management.
- Advanced knowledge of AWS cloud services including but not limited to EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, and security groups.
- Expertise in Cloudflare configuration and management, including DNS, security, and performance features.
- Hands-on experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and maintaining code repositories (preferably GitHub).
- Track record of designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tools.
- Experience building observability and metrics solutions for distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills , with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong problem-solving ability and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing issues.
Nice to have:
- Experience with Snowflake data warehousing, including integration, automation, and data pipeline deployment.
- Exposure to ML Ops practices, including deploying and maintaining machine learning models in production environments.
- Familiarity with security and SecOps tools , such as vulnerability scanners, security incident management, and compliance frameworks.
- Experience with additional IaC or configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Chef, Puppet) is a plus.
- Understanding of containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.
- Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, etc.) for automation.
- Prior contractor or consulting experience in a DevOps capacity.
Core Competencies:
- Autonomy and accountability in delivering project milestones and deliverables.
- Adaptability to fast-paced environments and evolving requirements.
- Collaborative mindset with a focus on knowledge sharing and teamwork.
- Commitment to security and operational excellence.