Hybrid DevOps Engineer – AWS, CI/CD & Kubernetes

Jacobs; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jacobs seeks a DevOps Engineer to design, build and operate scalable cloud platforms and delivery pipelines within its growing Digital & Data community. You’ll collaborate across engineering, design, product and delivery to enable secure, high‑quality services for clients and communities.

You'll design, implement and maintain AWS infrastructure with IaC, develop CI/CD pipelines, and ensure observability with robust logging and monitoring. A hybrid work model is available within the UK.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience delivering DevOps or Platform Engineering solutions within agile environments.
• Strong AWS experience, including designing and supporting cloud-native and serverless architectures.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CDK.
• Expertise building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and modern source control practices.
• Experience deploying and managing containerised applications using Kubernetes, Helm and Docker.
• Scripting and automation experience using Bash, with Python and/or TypeScript advantageous.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
• Develop and optimise CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, reliability and quality.
• Collaborate with clients, architects, developers and stakeholders to solve complex technical challenges.
• Champion DevOps culture and engineering excellence, enabling teams to adopt modern practices.
• Coach and enable client teams to mature DevOps capabilities and best practices.
• Contribute to Digital & Data community through knowledge sharing and mentoring.

Skills

AWS cloud

Terraform

AWS CDK

Jenkins CI/CD

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Logging & observability

Bash scripting

Python

TypeScript

Communication skills

SC clearance

Tools

Terraform

AWS CDK

Jenkins

Git

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

Dynatrace

Job description

Jacobs seeks a DevOps Engineer to design, build and operate scalable cloud platforms and delivery pipelines within its growing Digital & Data community. You’ll collaborate across engineering, design, product and delivery to enable secure, high‑quality services for clients and communities.

You'll design, implement and maintain AWS infrastructure with IaC, develop CI/CD pipelines, and ensure observability with robust logging and monitoring. A hybrid work model is available within the UK.