DevOps Engineer

Cpl; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 39,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

CPL in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a major UK digital transformation programme, supporting the design, build and improvement of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.

You will work across development and infrastructure teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments and Infrastructure as Code, helping to improve automation, deployment efficiency, security and platform reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of commercial DevOps experience.
• Strong hands-on AWS and cloud infra.
• Proven CI/CD design and implementation across environments.
• Strong IaC experience, Terraform preferred.
• Scripting in Python or Shell; good Git practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Build, test and optimise end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Automate provisioning, configuration and deployment processes.
• Support reliability, availability and performance of dev and prod environments.
• Identify and resolve complex infra and deployment issues.
• Collaborate with development and engineering teams on infra decisions.
• Improve automation and deployment processes to reduce risk.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to architecture decisions.

Skills

DevOps experience

AWS

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Python/Shell scripting

Git/GitLab

Automation

Tools

AWS

Terraform

CDK

Packer

Ansible

GitLab runners

Job description

Location: Newcastle – Hybrid, 2 days per month onsite

Contract: 3 months

Day Rate: Up to £350 per day

Start: ASAP

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a major UK digital transformation programme, supporting the design, build and improvement of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.

You will work across development and infrastructure teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, cloud environments and Infrastructure as Code, helping to improve automation, deployment efficiency, security and platform reliability.

This is a hands-on technical role suited to someone with strong AWS, Terraform and CI/CD experience who is comfortable working across complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.
• Build, test and optimise end-to-end CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment processes.
• Support the reliability, availability and performance of development and production environments.
• Identify and resolve complex infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Work closely with development, engineering and wider technical teams to align infrastructure with project requirements.
• Improve automation and deployment processes to reduce operational risk and manual intervention.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to key infrastructure and architecture decisions.
• Ensure security is embedded throughout infrastructure and deployment processes.
• 5+ years' commercial DevOps experience within complex environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and cloud infrastructure.
• Proven experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform.
• Experience with tools such as CDK, Packer and Ansible.
• Strong scripting capability using Python and/or Shell scripting.
• Strong understanding of Git, branching strategies and source-control best practices.
• Experience configuring and managing GitLab runners.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure design, automation and deployment principles.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and work effectively across multiple technical teams.