DevOps Engineer - 6 month contract

Opus Recruitment Solutions; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent recruitment agency seeks a DevOps Engineer for a 6-month contract. The role involves managing AWS environments and supporting development pipelines across React and microservices. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with the AWS stack and expertise in various associated tools and frameworks. The position requires travel between Newcastle, Leeds, and Manchester.

Qualifications

• Required experience with the full AWS stack, including Lambda, SQS, and SNS.
• Non-negotiable skills in IAM management for pipelines and users.
• Experience with Terraform or Cloud Formation is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support standing up multiple environments on AWS.
• Manage AWS stack and Git pipelines across microservices.
• Implement FinOps tagging standards for cloud resources.

Skills

AWS stack

IAM management

blue/green deployment

Terraform

Cloud Formation

Prometheus

CloudWatch

Kafka

Tools

SonarQube

Wiz

Kong EE

Dynatrace

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Posted:

12.07.2025

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Job Description:

Leeds, United Kingdom

DevOps Engineer - 6 month contract

Leeds, United Kingdom

Contract
£380 - £400 per day

Start date - 7th August
Location TBD (Newcastle, Leeds or Manchester) - weekly travel
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• Support the standing up multiple environments on AWS
• Support the management of the AWS stack / Git pipelines across a mix of React front-end, microservices, lambda functions, Kafka integration, possible mix of Transit Gateway / Private Link, use of Kong EE
• MFA / IAM role management for a team of developers
• Correctly tagging cloud resources per DWP central FinOps standards

Skills required:

• REQUIRED/NON-NEGOTIABLE: Full AWS stack (inc. Lambda, SQS, SNS), IAM management for pipelines and users, blue/green deployment experience, Terraform or Cloud Formation, Prometheus, CloudWatch
• NICE TO HAVE: SonarQube, Wiz, FinOps tagging experience (apptio), Kafka, Kong EE, Dynatrace, micro-UI patterns (jwt tokenisation and passthrough)