AWS DevOps Engineer

WRK Digital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

WRK Digital is seeking an AWS DevOps Engineer on an initial 3-month contract with potential extension. You will shape and evolve cloud infrastructure using AWS and Terraform, embedded in an established engineering team to drive best practices across automation, deployment and observability.

You will review Terraform infrastructure, evolve platforms, design CI/CD pipelines with AWS CodePipeline, and enhance observability in a large ECS environment while supporting migration within Fastly and DNS

Qualifications

• Strong AWS expertise, ECS, CloudFront and OpenSearch.
• Solid commercial experience with Terraform.
• Experience designing cloud infrastructure from high-level requirements.
• Strong understanding of DevOps practices, automation and cloud-native architecture.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines.
• Active SC Clearance is essential.

Responsibilities

• Review and improve Terraform infrastructure following AWS best practices.
• Evolve cloud platforms to support new applications and services.
• Design and deploy robust CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline.
• Enhance observability across a large-scale AWS ECS environment.
• Assist migration and cutover from legacy to new infrastructure with Fastly/DNS.
• Contribute to broader DevOps and platform engineering initiatives.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD

DevOps

Observability

OpenSearch

ECS

Automation

Security

Tools

Terraform

AWS ECS

CloudFront

OpenSearch

Fastly DNS

Job description

Initial 3-month contract with likely extension

We’re working with an award-winning technology consultancy that helps organisations accelerate value delivery and create exceptional customer experiences through technology. They are looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to join a critical transformation programme and play a key role in shaping and evolving their cloud infrastructure.

This is a hands-on role suited to someone who can take high-level requirements and turn them into scalable, secure, and well-architected solutions using AWS and Terraform.

You’ll be embedded within an established engineering team, helping drive best practice across infrastructure, automation, deployment, and observability.

Key responsibilities:

• Review and improve existing Terraform infrastructure in line with AWS best practices.
• Evolve cloud platforms to support the integration of new applications and services.
• Design and implement robust CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline.
• Enhance observability across a large-scale AWS ECS environment.
• Support the migration and cutover of traffic from legacy to new infrastructure, working within an existing Fastly and DNS architecture.
• Contribute to wider DevOps and platform engineering initiatives as priorities evolve.

What we’re looking for:

• Strong AWS expertise, particularly across ECS, CloudFront and OpenSearch.
• Solid commercial experience with Terraform.
• Experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructure from high-level requirements.
• Strong understanding of DevOps best practices, automation and cloud-native architecture.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Active SC Clearance is essential.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a highly regarded consultancy on a programme with immediate impact, working alongside an experienced team on modern AWS infrastructure projects.