AWS DevOps Engineer — Hybrid Cloud & Automation

IBM; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting in the United Kingdom seeks an AWS DevOps Engineer to deliver cloud migration, modernisation, and adoption initiatives for public sector clients. You will collaborate across development, infrastructure, security, and client teams to build secure, scalable cloud solutions using AWS and DevOps practices.

Key responsibilities include creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, IaC with Terraform, and automation using Bash.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with AWS cloud services and DevOps practices, including infrastructure automation, deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, with knowledge of Jenkins and Git-based workflows.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and configuration management tools such as Ansible.
• Knowledge of scripting and automation using Bash/Shell and ANT.
• Experience with Git, Docker, and Liquibase for source control, containerisation, and database deployment automation.
• Experience working with JIRA and Confluence within Agile delivery environments.
• Knowledge of core AWS services, including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, Lambda, RDS, ECS/EKS, and AWS networking and security concepts.
• Understanding of DevOps principles, automation, monitoring, logging, incident management, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and collaborate effectively across development, infrastructure, security, and client teams.

Responsibilities

• AWS Infrastructure: Build, deploy, configure, and maintain AWS environments and services using Infrastructure as Code.
• Cloud Migration: Support the migration and modernisation of applications and workloads onto AWS.
• CI/CD & Automation: Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, deployments, and operational tooling.
• Infrastructure & Security: Implement scalable, resilient, and secure solutions aligned with IBM and public sector standards.
• Monitoring & Operations: Monitor AWS environments, troubleshoot issues, and maintain service reliability and performance.
• Incident Management: Lead incident resolution, root cause analysis, and corrective actions to prevent recurring issues.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve automation, processes, infrastructure, and overall customer outcomes.

Skills

AWS Cloud

DevOps

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

Bash

Git

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

Git

Docker

Liquibase

Job description

IBM Consulting in the United Kingdom seeks an AWS DevOps Engineer to deliver cloud migration, modernisation, and adoption initiatives for public sector clients. You will collaborate across development, infrastructure, security, and client teams to build secure, scalable cloud solutions using AWS and DevOps practices.

Key responsibilities include creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, IaC with Terraform, and automation using Bash.