AWS DevOps Engineer

Leidos, Inc.; Bristol; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company based in Bristol is looking for a DevOps Engineer to enhance the UK Ministry of Defence's supply chain services. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines like Jenkins. Responsibilities include designing resilient cloud-native solutions and participating in Agile teams for operational excellence. Competitive salary within a range of £47,500.00 to £60,900.00 alongside comprehensive benefits including private medical insurance and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Contributory Pension Scheme

Private Medical Insurance

33 days Annual Leave

Flexible benefits including gym memberships and life assurance

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in IaC using Terraform and Ansible to provision, configure, and maintain secure cloud environments.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Knowledge of AWS security best practices.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud-native solutions.
• Participate in Agile development teams and discussions.
• Implement robust monitoring and logging solutions.

Skills

Git

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Docker

Jenkins

CI/CD

Education

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or equivalent certification

ITIL Foundation Certification

Tools

CloudFormation

Azure DevOps

Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)

Job description

• in any programming language e.g. python, bash, powershell, etc
• in Redhat OS
• in AWS OR Azure OR any other cloud provider
• as Redhat and windows Admin
• in containerised solution
• in supporting application troubleshooting
• IAC - terraform
• App config - ansible or any other like puppet
• CI/CD pipeline like Jenkins or Azure devops or bamboo, etc
• Any Automation

• Demonstrated experience in managing source code with GIT, including pull requests, branching strategies (Trunk-based, GitFlow), and collaborative version control workflows
• Expertise in designing and managing AWS cloud infrastructure, including services like EC2, ECR, ECS, ECK, ASG, VPC, RDS, Load Balancers, Lambda, IAM, ports, Route 53 etc
• Strong proficiency in IaC using Terraform and Ansible to provision, configure, and maintain secure and scalable cloud environments
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, implementing automation for building, testing, and deploying applications across multiple environments
• Proven ability to write and maintain scripts and automation tools using Bash, Python, and PowerShell to enhance operational workflows and eliminate manual tasks
• Familiarity with containerisation using Docker and orchestration best practices, along with configuration management using Ansible
• Knowledge of secrets management and access control using tools like Vault and IAM policies, ensuring secure handling of credentials and sensitive information
• Strong understanding of AWS security best practices, including encryption, patching, monitoring, least privilege access, and compliance requirements
• Hands‑on experience in implementing and managing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data protection and business continuity
• Ability to implement robust monitoring and logging solutions e.g., CloudWatch, to ensure system reliability, observability, and proactive incident response
• Comfortable working in Agile development teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions, and actively participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand‑ups
• Capability to design scalable, resilient, and cost‑effective cloud‑native solutions that meet availability and performance objectives
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective mitigation strategies in complex environments
• Understanding of routing, traffic management, and load balancing, including configuration of NGINX and AWS‑native tools for optimizing traffic flow
• Experience with structured release and change management processes, including deployment governance, rollback strategies, and versioning control
• Awareness of Java application environments and deployment considerations is a plus for supporting platform‑wide consistency and integrations
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement attitude, regularly identifying opportunities to enhance delivery pipelines, infrastructure, and development practices
• Proficiency in designing and managing SNS topics for event‑driven architectures, integrating notifications with Lambda, or external systems to support decoupled and scalable cloud workflows
• Hands‑on experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket to support Agile delivery, documentation, collaboration, and CI/CD pipeline management
• Working knowledge of Active Directory and ADFS for identity and access management, including group policy management, SSO, and integration with cloud authentication services, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or equivalent certification
• Proficiency in Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash)
• ITIL Foundation Certification or experience with ITIL‑based environments

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UK's defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MOD's materiel, including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70,000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Pay Range: £47,500.00-£60,900.00

Interview Requirements

• This role will involve a two-stage interview process:
• First stage: face to face video competency‑based interview covering your experience and transferable skills/application requirements into the role
• Second stage: face to face in person interview at our Bristol office, this will include a technical test aligned around the application requirement capabilities Clearance Requirements

• Contributory Pension Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• 33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
• Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance, health schemes, gym memberships, annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)