DevOps Engineer

Syntax Consultancy Ltd; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading digital transformation business is seeking a DevOps Engineer with AWS experience and active SC clearance for a permanent hybrid position in Birmingham. The role involves developing cloud solutions and requires strong scripting and automation skills. Candidates must have hands-on experience in a 24/7 AWS environment and be comfortable with various cloud technologies.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance & NPPV3 is required for this role.
• Experience with AWS technologies and DevOps in a 24x7 uptime environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain AWS-based cloud solutions emphasizing security.
• Provision infrastructure using Terraform and manage Linux systems.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Scripting

DevOps

Jenkins

Docker

Git

Tools

Vagrant

Grafana

Prometheus

ServiceNow

Job description

DevOps Engineer (SC & NPPV3)

Permanent

Birmingham (Hybrid)

£70,000- £75,000 + Benefits

We are looking for DevOps Platform Engineer with AWS experience and active SC clearance & NPPV3 is required for a permanent position based in Birmingham.

The role requires travel to Birmingham 4 to 5 days a week and an immediate start, ideally in May/June 2025.

A Chance to Work with a Leading Digital Transformation Business Delivering Large-scale, Long-term IT Projects for the Public Sector.

Key skills & experience:

• Good experience with AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
• Provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant.
• Experience with DevOps Engineer in a 24×7 uptime AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, JAVA) and automation skills.
• Thorough knowledge of Jenkins and pipeline using Groovy script.
• Experience with Docker containers and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Alert Manager, Prometheus, and Node exporter).
• Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.
• Active SC Clearance & NPVV3 is required for this role.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Hands-on DevOps delivery experience working on Digital or Technology projects at a government organisations.
• Linux system administration experience, including building, hardening, and managing Linux operating systems. MS Active Directory configuration and management.
• Firewall and switch configuration and patch management. Understanding of network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).