Mid-Level DevOps Engineer - AWS | Terraform | PHP

Big Red Recruitment; Stratford-upon-Avon; Remote; GBP 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading tech-focused company as a DevOps Engineer, providing scalable, reliable PHP-based platforms. You'll work with AWS infrastructure, driving automation through Terraform, while collaborating with development teams. This position offers mentorship from a seasoned Lead DevOps Engineer, promising growth and professional development in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years’ experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering roles.
• Production-level AWS knowledge.
• Proven Terraform capability for managing infrastructure at scale.
• Proficiency with PHP.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve existing cloud infrastructure built on AWS.
• Write and review Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and collaborate with PHP developers.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

PHP

Job description

Join an agile, tech-led company where you'll work with modern AWS infrastructure and help deliver scalable, reliable PHP-based platforms.

You'll join a forward-thinking team delivering robust cloud-native solutions in a high-availability, high-trust environment. Reporting into the Lead DevOps Engineer, you’ll be pivotal in supporting our PHP estate, driving automation through Terraform, and collaborating closely with development squads.

You'll maintain and improve our existing cloud infrastructure built on AWS, write and review IaC using Terraform, support CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with PHP software developers on feature delivery and infrastructure planning.

You’ll be working under the mentorship of a highly experienced Lead DevOps Engineer with time to train, coach, and support your development.

What we’re looking for:

• 2–4 years’ experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering roles (preferably with a programming background)
• Production-level AWS knowledge
• Proven Terraform capability for managing infrastructure at scale
• Proficiency with PHP

Duration: 12-month fixed-term contract - possibility to extend

Location: Remote - travel to Grantham 1 day per quarter

Salary: up to £45k depending on experience

On-call: Rota every 2 weeks with additional compensation in £ and in lieu

The successful candidate must live in the UK. International applications will not be considered at this stage.

If you feel this opportunity is for you, please apply as we have interview slots available.

We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. This means we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.

We are particularly invested in Neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Reasonable adjustments are changes that we can make in the interview process if your disability puts you at a disadvantage compared with others who are not disabled. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment in your interview process, please call or email one of our recruiters.