DevOps Engineer
Posted 4 days ago by WRK digital
£70 Per hour
Outside
Remote
York, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of DevOps Engineer involves leading and supporting the build, deployment, and optimization of cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, primarily within an AWS environment. The position requires a focus on scalability, automation, and cloud infrastructure innovation, with an emphasis on Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform. The role is remote with occasional travel to York for meetings. The contract is for 6 months and classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services and Terraform
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support application deployment and environment management
- Collaborate with development, data, and security teams to ensure efficient and secure infrastructure delivery
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring
- Ensure high availability, performance, and disaster recovery strategies are in place
- Monitor systems for performance and reliability issues, resolving incidents quickly and efficiently
- Advocate for DevOps best practices and continuous improvement within the team
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer, ideally within a mid-to-large scale cloud environment
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (e.g. EC2, S3, ECS, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch)
- Solid experience writing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar
- Familiarity with containerisation tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes a plus)
- Knowledge of monitoring/logging tools (e.g. CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK)
- Strong scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Python)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Salary (Rate): £70.00/hr
City: York
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
DevOps Engineer
Location: Remote (occasional travel to York, 1–2 times per month)
Contract Length: 6 months
IR35 Status: Outside IR35
Start Date: Immediate
WRK digital is excited to partner with a well-known and trusted UK brand to recruit a skilled DevOps Engineer for a new contract opportunity. This is a fantastic chance to join a forward-thinking technology team focused on scalability, automation, and cloud infrastructure innovation. We're looking for an experienced DevOps professional who can lead and support the build, deployment, and optimisation of cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines — primarily within an AWS environment. You will play a key role in ensuring infrastructure is robust, secure, and designed for scalability using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, with a strong emphasis on Terraform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services and Terraform
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support application deployment and environment management
- Collaborate with development, data, and security teams to ensure efficient and secure infrastructure delivery
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring
- Ensure high availability, performance, and disaster recovery strategies are in place
- Monitor systems for performance and reliability issues, resolving incidents quickly and efficiently
- Advocate for DevOps best practices and continuous improvement within the team
Key Skills & Experience:
- Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer , ideally within a mid-to-large scale cloud environment
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (e.g. EC2, S3, ECS, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch)
- Solid experience writing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar
- Familiarity with containerisation tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes a plus)
- Knowledge of monitoring/logging tools (e.g. CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK)
- Strong scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Python)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Location & Flexibility: This is a remote-first contract role, with a requirement to attend meetings in York 1–2 times per month.