AWS DevOps Engineer

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We are a specialist Data Engineering, Cloud and Analytics consultancy focused on supporting our clients in successfully delivering on their digital transformation programmes. Our aim is to ensure we deliver value from our client's data using innovative approaches that improve their data capabilities, analytics and data governance.

With demand for our services from our clients at an all-time high and continuous growth and success within our market sector, we are embarking on a major recruitment drive and keen to recruit talented DevOps Engineers to join our project delivery team.

 The Role

We are working for a high-profile client, analysing their existing processes, identifying and implementing opportunities to optimise these processes, and developing solutions to deliver service improvements to them.

In this role, you will be working on a Linux based environment, collaborating with our team to review specifications and then use these agreed specifications to create infrastructure or scripts on AWS using the right standards and tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.

You will architect, implement and manage continuous delivery pipelines on AWS to ensure the team can deliver code frequently whilst maintaining quality.

Key Responsibilities:

You will be supporting the automation of test cases and embedding these within delivery pipelines to ensure code remains robust.

You will be implementing and automating security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation.

You will be defining and deploying monitoring, metrics, and logging systems on AWS using AWS native services and/or the ELK stack.

You will be implementing systems that are highly available, scalable, and self-healing on the AWS platform.

You will be designing, managing and maintaining tools to automate operational processes.

 Requirements:

Proven experience of working on relevant system administration and/or DevOps projects

Hands-on experience with AWS services including VPCs, ELBs, Route 53, RDS, Cloudwatch, IAM, EC2, Lambda, etc.

Experience of working with the command line in Linux, creating Bash scripts

Experienced with configuration and management of version control software

Experienced of amending and writing Infrastructure as code templates, using Terraform or CloudFormation

Excellent ability to debug and optimise code and automate routine tasks

Solid Linux and/or Windows system administration experience

Networking experience, CIDR, TCP/UDP, IP, tcpdump

Software engineering skills (such as Git, Bash, Python, Go, Java, Ruby)

Experience with the ELK stack, capable of configuring a greenfield implementation for clients.

Experience of working within large, complex and geographically dispersed programmes.

 What we offer to you?

This position offers a prosperous future. We believe that our people are what makes us the company we are. We adopt a partnership model, ensuring that we all share in the success of the business. With only 4 levels in our hierarchy between Consultant to Partner, everyone is empowered to have a positive influence in the way we do things. A chance for you to grow your career with us, whist we scale-up our business.

We offer a comprehensive private health insurance plan through Aviva, as the well-being of our team is one of our highest priorities.

We also have a fun rewards scheme with Perkbox, which can offer discounts and freebies on a variety of goods and experiences.

We support our employees progress through their careers, by offering to fund training programmes to help you upskill yourself.

The chance to work in a supportive and growth focused environment and learn from senior subject matter experts whilst also securing a competitive salary and excellent bonus and benefits package.

The chance to work at the forefront of the latest technologies and innovations, on cutting-edge projects and programmes that will allow you the autonomy to work independently.

To be part of a team that embraces the strengths of diversity and inclusion. A collaborative outlook where your voice and ideas are always heard.

A platform that will support and allow you to push your own ideas to deliver on projects successfully.

We believe the best impact is the value we add, not the hours we sit at our desks. We promote a good work/life balance for all our staff and welcome discussions about flexible working.

 Interested?

Then please get in touch by applying with your most recent copy of your CV including a contact number and we will contact you directly to discuss further.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of gender, race, disability, age or sexual orientation. All applications are assessed purely on merit, against the capabilities and competencies required to fulfil the position.

Level of security clearance required: SC cleared (must be active SC, candidates with expired SC won't be considered).