unior–Mid DevOps Engineer (AWS / Terraform / Python)
Location:
London —
4 days per week onsite (1 day remote)
Contract Type:
Contract —
Inside IR35
Day Rate:
£500–£600 (depending on experience)
Industry:
Financial Services (FS) —
Technology Integration / Migration of Two Companies
About The Role We are seeking a
hands-on DevOps Engineer
with a
software development background
to join our
Technology Integration Programme
, supporting the merger of two large financial services organisations. The successful candidate will play a key role in
building and automating cloud infrastructure
, improving
deployment pipelines
, and
standardising engineering practices
across both entities.
This role suits someone
early-to-mid in their DevOps career
who can
roll up their sleeves
, work closely with teams on the ground, and contribute to
scalable infrastructure automation
.
Key Responsibilities
Support the design and build of
AWS infrastructure
using
Terraform (IaC-first environment)
.
Maintain and optimise
CI/CD pipelines
(GitHub Actions / Jenkins / GitLab or similar).
Write
Python tooling and automation scripts
to assist with deployments and cloud operations.
Collaborate with development and platform teams to
standardise environments post-merger
.
Assist with
migrating legacy services to AWS
, ensuring
security and compliance
with FS regulations.
Participate in
platform monitoring, incident resolution, and performance optimisation
.
Document infrastructure, tooling, and operational procedures.
Required Skills \& Experience
Must Have:
2–5 years' experience
in
DevOps, Cloud Engineering, or Software Development transitioning into DevOps
.
Strong
AWS
knowledge (EC2, IAM, VPC, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, etc.).
Proven
Terraform
experience in production environments.
Solid
Python development skills
, particularly for scripting and tooling.
Familiarity with
CI/CD tools
(e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, CircleCI).
Understanding of
networking, security groups, IAM, containerisation (Docker/ECS/Kubernetes is a bonus)
.
Nice to Have:
Prior experience in
Financial Services / Regulated environments
.
Exposure to
platform migration / M\&A / cloud consolidation projects
.
Knowledge of
Secrets Management
(AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault).
Familiarity with
Monitoring / Observability stacks
(CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog, Grafana).
Working Model
4 days onsite in London
(mandatory for collaboration with engineering \& security teams).
1 optional
remote
day per week.
Contract
inside IR35
via umbrella company.
Initial
6–12 month contract
, likely to extend due to multi-phase integration programme.
Ideal Candidate Profile
A
developer turned DevOps engineer
, who enjoys
automation, solving infrastructure challenges
, and
working within fast-paced delivery environments
.
Comfortable working across
multiple teams and codebases
during a large-scale
post-acquisition integration
.
Proactive, collaborative, and eager to
grow within a high-performing engineering culture
.