A leading global technology and services provider is supporting a Home Office programme and is looking to engage two experienced SC Cleared DevOps Engineers on an initial contract basis. This role sits within a high-profile, mission-critical environment, delivering and optimising cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities at scale.
The position offers the opportunity to work on complex AWS cloud platforms, influencing DevOps strategy while remaining hands-on across automation, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. s.
This is a home-based role with occasional London site visits when required. A delayed start is expected while SC clearance is transferred to the Home Office.
What’s on Offer
Contract length: 4–6 months initially
Rate: £575 per day (Inside IR35)
Start: Approximately 6 weeks (pending clearance transfer)
Location: Remote with London site visits as required
Exposure to large-scale, enterprise AWS environments
Senior, influential role with real technical ownership
What You Need to Apply
Current SC Clearance (mandatory)
Extensive experience designing, provisioning, and maintaining AWS cloud environments supporting large-scale, mission-critical systems
Deep knowledge across AWS services including compute, networking, security, identity, storage, containers, governance, and databases
Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK)
Advanced experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions
Solid understanding of containerisation and orchestration (Docker, EKS, ECS)
Strong background in Linux and/or Windows systems administration
Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic)
Desirable Experience
AWS certifications
Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
Knowledge of Cloud Landing Zones and enterprise cloud adoption best practices
Background supporting Java-based applications in cloud environments