iO Associates are partnered with a growing SME within Defence & Security, who are seeking a Cloud Engineer with Active eDV Clearance to join their team.

This company delivers cutting-edge solutions to high-security clients, working both on-site and remotely.

Contract Details:

Role: Site Reliability Engineer

Rate: Up to £650/day Outside IR35

Location: Cheltenham (3 days per week on-site)

Contract Length: 12 Months (+ extensions)

The Role:

You'll play a key role in supporting agile development teams by optimising infrastructure, automating workflows, and enhancing security for a distributed microservices platform. You'll be responsible for maintaining cloud-based environments, improving deployment pipelines, and ensuring system reliability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and improve cloud infrastructure.
• Oversee and enhance CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure security and compliance across systems.
• Support product teams with infrastructure insights.
• Proactively recommend improvements.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Strong Linux experience.
• Expertise in AWS and scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Proficiency in automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation).
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools.
• Solid grasp of monitoring, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.

The client are looking for someone to get started within the next few months, so please don't hesitate to apply now if you're interested!