DevOps Engineer
Location:
Remote (occasional travel to York, 1–2 times per month)
Contract Length:
6 months
IR35 Status:
Outside IR35
Start Date:
Immediate
WRK digital is excited to partner with a well-known and trusted UK brand to recruit a skilled
DevOps Engineer
for a new contract opportunity. This is a fantastic chance to join a forward-thinking technology team focused on scalability, automation, and cloud infrastructure innovation.
We're looking for an experienced DevOps professional who can lead and support the build, deployment, and optimisation of cloud-native infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines — primarily within an AWS environment. You will play a key role in ensuring infrastructure is robust, secure, and designed for scalability using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices, with a strong emphasis on
Terraform
.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and manage scalable cloud infrastructure using
AWS services
and
Terraform
Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support application deployment and environment management
Collaborate with development, data, and security teams to ensure efficient and secure infrastructure delivery
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and monitoring
Ensure high availability, performance, and disaster recovery strategies are in place
Monitor systems for performance and reliability issues, resolving incidents quickly and efficiently
Advocate for DevOps best practices and continuous improvement within the team
Key Skills \& Experience:
Proven experience as a
DevOps Engineer
, ideally within a mid-to-large scale cloud environment
Strong hands-on experience with
AWS
(e.g. EC2, S3, ECS, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch)
Solid experience writing Infrastructure as Code using
Terraform
Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar
Familiarity with containerisation tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes a plus)
Knowledge of monitoring/logging tools (e.g. CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK)
Strong scripting skills (e.g. Bash, Python)
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Location \& Flexibility:
This is a remote-first contract role, with a requirement to attend meetings in York 1–2 times per month.