DevOps Engineer

Sellick Partnership; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sellick Partnership is recruiting a DevOps Engineer for a major UK Government programme based in Newcastle upon Tyne. The 6-month contract offers hybrid working with 3 days onsite and 2 days from home, with a strong likelihood of extension depending on project needs.

You will have strong experience across AWS, CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code, particularly AWS CDK, and you should be comfortable working in secure or highly regulated environments.

Qualifications

• Proven DevOps experience in AWS and cloud infrastructure.
• Experience designing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong automation and scripting capabilities.
• Familiarity with secure or regulated environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and improve cloud infrastructure within AWS.
• Develop, maintain and optimise automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK.
• Support deployment and operation of cloud-based applications and services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment.
• Collaborate with Software and Platform engineering teams.
• Troubleshoot deployment and platform issues.
• Support monitoring and overall platform reliability.
• Implement DevOps and security best practices.
• Contribute to process improvements across development and deployment.

Skills

AWS

CI/CD

Automation

Security best practices

Tools

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Jenkins

Job description

Contract: Initial 6 Months – Strong Likelihood of Extension

Working Pattern: 3 Days Onsite in Newcastle / 2 Days from Home

Project: UK Government

Sponsorship: Not Available

Security Clearance: Not Required – Existing SC Clearance is a Bonus

The Opportunity

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join a major technology programme delivering services into a UK Government environment.

This is an initial 6-month contract with a strong likelihood of extension, based in Newcastle upon Tyne with a hybrid working arrangement of 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home.

The role would suit a DevOps Engineer with strong experience across AWS, CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code, particularly AWS CDK.

Security clearance is not required, although candidates who already hold active SC Clearance would be particularly welcomed.

Please note that sponsorship cannot be provided, so candidates must already have the right to work in the UK.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and improve cloud infrastructure within AWS
• Develop, maintain and optimise automated CI/CD pipelines
• Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK
• Support the deployment and operation of cloud-based applications and services
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment
• Work closely with Software Engineers, Platform Engineers and wider technical teams
• Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment and application issues
• Support monitoring, logging and overall platform reliability
• Implement DevOps, cloud engineering and security best practices
• Contribute to continuous improvements across development and deployment processes
• Work within the governance and security requirements of a UK Government environment

Core Technical Experience

Strong commercial experience with:

• Scripting and automation

Experience across some of the following would also be beneficial:

• AWS – EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch and CloudFormation
• GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins
• Monitoring and observability tooling
• Automated testing and deployment
• Cloud security and IAM
• Previous experience working on UK Government or public-sector programmes
• Experience within secure or highly regulated environments
• Strong understanding of cloud security and DevOps best practices

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances.