Devops Engineer - Active SC - £80K + 5K Bonus - Remote

Stealth IT Consulting; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT consultancy in the UK is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to design and manage AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. This remote role requires expertise in AWS services, Infrastructure as Code, and strong scripting skills. Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of DevOps principles and experience with monitoring tools. Competitive salary of £80k plus a £5k bonus offered.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, etc.) required.
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles necessary.
• Proficient in Scripting (Bash, Python, or similar).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage infrastructure in AWS using IaC.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.

Skills

AWS services experience

DevOps principles

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Scripting proficiency

Linux system administration

Git-based workflows

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudWatch

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Job description

Overview

Role: Senior DevOps Engineer
Rate: £80k + 5k Bonus
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Remote (UK Based)
Clearance: Active SC

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage infrastructure in AWS using IaC (Terraform preferred)
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar)
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools like CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK
• Manage containerised services using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS)
• Collaborate with developers, security, and platform teams to improve deployment efficiency and reliability
• Ensure cloud architecture aligns with best practices in scalability, availability, and cost optimisation
• Drive automation and eliminate manual toil through Scripting and tooling
• Maintain robust security, including IAM, VPC configurations, and secrets management

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation/Terraform)
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipeline design
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• CI/CD (ideally GitLab)
• Containers (Kubernetes) - but not managing Kubernetes, using it as an app development
• Proficient in Scripting (Bash, Python, or similar)
• Strong understanding of Linux system administration
• Familiarity with Git-based workflows and version control best practices