Cloud DevOps Engineer (AWS, Terraform, K8s, Automation)

Altium LLC; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Altium Limited is hiring a Cloud DevOps Engineer to build and operate AWS infrastructure, improve deployment workflows, and automate day-to-day operations. The role focuses on AWS, Terraform, K8s (EKS), and automation to support scalable software delivery.

You will own Infrastructure as Code, support CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI), and implement monitoring and automation. This is a hands-on role requiring 6+ years of DevOps experience and strong Linux skills.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure experience.
• Strong AWS experience, including core services: EC2, EKS, ECS, RDS, S3, Route 53, VPC networking.
• Strong Terraform experience and K8s fundamentals.
• Experience with CI/CD systems: Jenkins / GitLab CI and Linux shells.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AWS infrastructure for production and non-production environments.
• Develop and own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Operate and support K8s workloads (EKS): deployments, scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and release automation (Jenkins/GitLab CI).
• Implement automation scripts/tools (Python/Go/Bash/PowerShell).
• Improve monitoring and alerting for AWS and K8s (Prometheus/New Relic).
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive operational improvements after incidents.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

Linux

Python

Go

Bash/PowerShell

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

We are hiring a Cloud DevOps Engineer to build and operate our AWS infrastructure, improve deployment workflows, and automate day-to-day operations. This role is hands-on, focused on AWS, Terraform, K8s, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AWS infrastructure for production and non-production environments.
• Develop and own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Operate and support K8s (EKS) workloads: deployments, scaling, upgrades, and troubleshooting.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and release automation (Jenkins/GitLab CI).
• Implement automation and tooling in Python / Go / Bash / PowerShell to reduce manual work.
• Improve monitoring and alerting for AWS and K8s (Prometheus/New Relic).
• Participate in on-call rotation and drive operational improvements after incidents.
  6+ years of hands-on DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure experience.
• Strong AWS experience, including core services: EC2, EKS, ECS, RDS, S3, Route 53, VPC networking.
• Strong Terraform experience.
• Strong knowledge of K8s fundamentals (networking, workloads, ingress, scaling, troubleshooting).
• Experience with CI/CD systems: Jenkins / GitLab CI (or equivalent).
• Solid Linux skills; Windows experience is a plus.
• Ability to write and maintain automation scripts/tools (Python/Go/Bash/PowerShell).
• Understanding of SDLC and microservices deployment patterns.

Nice to Have:

• AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python)/CloudFormation.
• Jenkins.
• Experience with Lambda, OpenSearch, Redis, AMQ, MySQL, FSx.
• Strong AWS networking/security experience (Transit Gateway, VPC peering, routing, SG/NACL).
• AD/DNS/domain fundamentals.

Altium Limited, a part of the Renesas Group and headquartered in San Diego, California, is a global software company accelerating the pace of electronics innovation. We are redefining electronic product creation in a software-defined world with our industry-first cloud-based platform that unites every stakeholder and phase of electronics development. From startups to world's technology giants, our digital platforms give more power to PCB designers, supply chain, and manufacturing, letting them collaborate as never before. At Altium, our teams are empowered to innovate, collaborate globally, and help create the future of electronics development. We believe in rewarding our employees with a competitive benefits package alongside their salary. More information will be provided during the hiring process.