DevOps Migration Engineer (Terraform & Ansible) – AWS Landing Zones & Automation
Posted 1 day ago by 3Roc Technology
£500 Per day
Undetermined
Remote
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of DevOps Migration Engineer focuses on leveraging AWS automation and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise to facilitate cloud migrations and modernisation efforts. The engineer will design and deploy landing zones, automate migration frameworks, and ensure high-quality deployments. This position is critical for enabling secure and repeatable cloud migration processes. Candidates should possess strong skills in Terraform and Ansible, along with a solid understanding of AWS services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build, deploy and maintain AWS environments using Terraform (must have).
- Create and enhance Ansible playbooks for configuration, automation and repeatable builds.
- Support migration teams by contributing to automated runbooks, pipelines and validation tooling.
- Develop IaC modules, patterns and templates aligned to best practice.
- Work closely with cloud architects to deliver scalable, secure, multi-environment landing zones.
- Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines and ensure consistent, compliant deployments.
- Troubleshoot issues across AWS, Terraform code, Ansible automation and CI/CD workflows.
Key Skills:
- Strong working knowledge of AWS architecture, services, networking and security patterns.
- Expert-level experience with Terraform and Ansible (mandatory).
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.).
- Background in cloud migration, transformation or legacy modernisation programmes.
- Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar).
- Ability to produce clean, reusable, well-tested IaC frameworks.
Salary (Rate): £500 daily
City: Manchester
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
About Us :
Location : Remote (UK) with occasional on-site support
Type : Contract or Permanent
Start : ASAP
Clearance : SC or must be eligible for SC
Role Overview : We are seeking experienced DevOps Migration Engineers with strong AWS automation, Infrastructure-as-Code and environment build expertise. You will help design and deploy landing zones, automate migration frameworks, and support large-scale legacy modernisation into AWS and Stromasys-backed platforms. This role is central to enabling repeatable, secure and high-quality cloud migrations.
Key Responsibilities :
- Build, deploy and maintain AWS environments using Terraform (must have).
- Create and enhance Ansible playbooks for configuration, automation and repeatable builds.
- Support migration teams by contributing to automated runbooks, pipelines and validation tooling.
- Develop IaC modules, patterns and templates aligned to best practice.
- Work closely with cloud architects to deliver scalable, secure, multi-environment landing zones.
- Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines and ensure consistent, compliant deployments.
- Troubleshoot issues across AWS, Terraform code, Ansible automation and CI/CD workflows.
Experience Required :
Strong working knowledge of AWS architecture, services, networking and security patterns. Expert-level experience with Terraform and Ansible (mandatory). Hands-on experience with CI/CD tooling (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.). Background in cloud migration, transformation or legacy modernisation programmes. Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar). Ability to produce clean, reusable, well-tested IaC frameworks.
Nice to Have :
Experience with AWS migration tooling (Application Migration Service, SMS, DMS, DataSync). Understanding of emulation-supported migration patterns (e.g., Stromasys CHARON). Knowledge of containerisation (EKS/ECS) or service modernisation. Security best practices (IAM, KMS, CIS benchmarks, guardrails, OUs).
Salary Banding £400–£500 per day / £55,000–£75,000 perm FTC
Interview Question Bank : Describe your experience using Terraform to build AWS environments. How do you use Ansible in cloud migration programmes? Explain your approach to automating migration workflows.