DevOps Engineer

Permanent

Location: Home Based (UK)

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000 (+ benefits)

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience to support and evolve our cloud platform, infrastructure automation, and operational tooling.

This role will work closely with Platform Engineering, Architecture, Security, and Product Engineering teams to improve platform reliability, deployment processes, operational efficiency, and cloud governance across our SaaS environments.

The ideal candidate combines strong operational mindset with automation skills, cloud platform knowledge, and a proactive approach to continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the operation, maintenance, and optimization of AWS cloud environments
• Manage and improve infrastructure reliability, scalability, and availability
• Support infrastructure lifecycle management and operational best practices
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform or similar tools

• Improve automation across cloud provisioning, deployments, and operational workflows
• Contribute to infrastructure standardization and repeatability
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting engineering delivery processes

• Improve deployment automation, reliability, and release efficiency
• Support engineering teams in adopting platform and deployment best practices
• Support observability, monitoring, and alerting solutions

• Participate in incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• Contribute to operational resilience and service stability improvements
• Support implementation of cloud security controls and operational governance standards

• Assist with vulnerability remediation and operational compliance activities
• Ensure infrastructure and operational practices align with security and governance policies
• Identify opportunities for automation and operational optimization

• Contribute to platform modernization and engineering enablement initiatives
• Improve operational documentation and technical runbooks

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of experience in DevOps, AWS Cloud Engineering or Infrastructure Engineering roles
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud services
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform preferred)
• Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines using GitHub or Team City or Jenkins
• Strong Linux/Unix administration knowledge
• Experience with container technologies (Docker/Kubernetes is a plus)
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms
• Scripting or automation experience (Bash, Python, or similar)
• Understanding of networking fundamentals and cloud security principles
• Experience troubleshooting infrastructure and deployment issues

Desirable

• Experience with Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms
• Exposure to FinOps or cloud cost optimization practices
• Familiarity with security frameworks and operational governance
• Experience in SaaS or cloud-native environments
• Knowledge of GitOps practices
• Exposure to release management processes
• Exposure to Java programming languages

Soft Skills

• Strong problem-solving mindset
• Ownership and accountability
• Good communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work in cross-functional environments
• Proactive attitude toward operational improvement
• Structured and organized approach to work