Cloud Native DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Capgemini; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a Cloud DevOps Engineer in Manchester to design, build, and manage scalable AWS environments with IaC, CI/CD, and strong security practices. You’ll implement automated pipelines, monitor performance, and collaborate in an Agile setting across mixed work locations.

Hybrid role with a focus on automation, observability, and zero-trust security, contributing to mission-critical cloud workloads and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS in secure environments.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.
• Understanding of AWS networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, security groups).
• Experience with monitoring/logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Familiarity with Zero Trust security models for securing cloud workloads.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and optimize deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage AWS environments with automation, scalability, and security.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security with observability best practices.
• Work in an Agile environment engaging stakeholders to deliver iterative improvements.

Skills

AWS

Automation

Security

Agile

Observability

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Pulumi

GitLab CI

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

About The Job You're Considering

As an Cloud DevOps Engineer in our Cloud & Custom Applications practice, you will work on mission-critical systems that require high availability, security, and scalability. You will be responsible for building, automating, and optimizing cloud-based infrastructure while ensuring compliance with security standards.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

Your role

• Design, build, and manage AWS environments with a focus on automation, scalability, and security.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous integration and continuous deployment for mission-critical applications.
• Monitor system performance, availability, and security, implementing observability best practices.
• Work in an Agile environment, engaging with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver iterative improvements.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini, striving for equity, diversity and inclusion is part of everyday life, and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment, for everyone.

Essential

Your skills and experience

• Experience deploying and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS in secure environments.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, or ArgoCD.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or PowerShell for automation.
• Understanding of AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, subnets, security groups.
• Experience with monitoring and logging solutions, such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or AWS CloudWatch.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust security models and best practices for securing cloud workloads.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and optimize cloud deployments.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme.

As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability,
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Your Security Clearance

Developed Vetting (DV)

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to obtain Developed Vetting (DV) clearance.

To obtain DV clearance, the successful applicant must have resided continuously within the United Kingdom for the last 10 years, along with other very detailed criteria and requirements.

Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

Some posts are restricted to sole UK Nationals for security reasons; therefore, you may be asked about your citizenship in the application process.

Make it real - what does it mean?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.

To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

You will reimagine what’s possible: creating value for the world’s leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future. You will work with a range of clients all with a unique set of business, technological and societal ambitions, which will make a real impact across the UK.

You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what can. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2025 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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