DevOps Engineer

Sanderson Government & Defence; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading government solutions provider is seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to work in the National Security sector for a contract duration of 6-12 months. The role involves designing cloud-native platforms, ensuring system reliability, and working with technologies like AWS, Java, and Docker. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in Java and JavaScript development, along with CI/CD practices. This role welcomes diverse applicants and provides support during the recruitment process.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Java and JavaScript development.
• Good understanding of cloud services, especially AWS.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop innovative cloud-native platforms.
• Implement and optimize full-stack applications.
• Ensure resilience through effective monitoring and alerting.

Skills

Cloud-native application design

Java development

JavaScript development

Data engineering

CI/CD practices

Monitoring with Prometheus

Containerization with Docker

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

GitLab

Grafana

Elasticsearch

Job description

Role: DevOps Engineer

Location: Cheltenham or London

Contract duration: 6-12 months

Clearance level: eDV

We provide talent solutions for the UK government and their critical supply chains. We currently are on the look out for eDV cleared DevOps professionals to join our National Security sector.

Key skills:

• Design and develop innovative cloud-native platforms and applications using AWS, data engineering, and CI/CD practices.
• Implement and optimize Java, JavaScript, React, and other relevant technologies for full-stack applications.
• Contribute to batch analytics, Python, and data engineering efforts.
• Ensure platform and application resilience through effective monitoring and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, and Elasticsearch.
• Participate in agile development processes, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and code reviews.
• Apply SRE principles to improve system reliability and performance.
• Proven experience in Java and JavaScript development, with a focus on cloud-native applications.
• Good understanding of AWS services

Additional skills:

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration tools (Helm, ArgoCD).
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools (eg GitLab, Concourse) and monitoring solutions (eg Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Elasticsearch).
• Knowledge of batch analytics and Python.

If you think you would be a good fit please apply with your most recent CV

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

If you need any help or adjustments during the recruitment process for any reason, please let us know when you apply or talk to the recruiters directly so we can support you.