Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

• Location: Hybrid working - occasional travel to Bromley/Croydon 2-3 times a month
• Clearance: This role requires UK Security Clearance. To be eligible you must have been based in the UK for a minimum of 5 years.
• Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 PA

Job Summary:

Digital Skills are looking for a skilled and experienced Senior AWS DevOps Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building and evolving AWS cloud infrastructure and ensuring its reliability, scalability, and security. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AWS services, automation tools, and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Develop and implement automated tools and processes for building, deployment, monitoring, testing and maintenance of infrastructure and applications
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures for security, compliance, and disaster recovery
• Optimise infrastructure for high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency
• Continuously monitor and improve infrastructure and application performance
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues
• Manage and mentor junior DevOps engineers

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud infrastructure design, implementation, and management
• Proficient programming skills in at least one language, preferably Python or Go
• Extensive experience in deploying cloud platforms at scale using AWS Organisations/Control Tower/Landing Zones
• Expert-level experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Ansible, CloudFormation or Terraform
• Extensive background in Configuration Management and Automation
• Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems administration
• Expert level experience in AWS Networking/TCP/Firewalls/Certs
• Advanced proficiency with containers and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Observability champion, with experience in designing and building monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, ELK, and Grafana
• Strong Scripting skills in Bash, JavaScript, or similar Knowledge of SecDevOps security best practices and experience implementing security controls in a cloud environment including SIEM, Guard Duty, Shield, Inspector and Security Hub
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline development and management
• Best practice configuration of Identity and Access Management and IAM Identity Center

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Speciality, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, or AWS Professional Certification
• Experience with CDK and Typescript
• Experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP
• Experience with serverless architecture, frameworks and services such as SAM, Lambda, and API Gateway

If this is the right role for you and you have the required skill set, please do apply.