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

GCA Altium; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Altium Limited in Cambridge is seeking a hands-on Cloud DevOps Engineer to build and operate AWS infrastructure, optimize deployment workflows, and automate daily tasks. The role focuses on AWS, Terraform, K8s, and automation to support scalable software development.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with AWS core services, Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling, plus scripting for automation 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.
• Strong knowledge of K8s fundamentals (networking, workloads, ingress, scaling, troubleshooting).

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.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes (K8s)

Terraform

CI/CD (Jenkins/GitLab)

Linux

Automation scripting (Python/Go/Bash/P

On-call / incident response

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Prometheus

New Relic

CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Job description

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

About the Role

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.

Qualifications

Required 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.
• 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.

Additional Information

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.

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Department

Manufacturing

Remote

No

Location

Cambridge

Requisition ID

20020466_2026-07-02