Security-Cleared AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer

Solirius Reply; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus Scheme

Private Healthcare Insurance

25 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

Development Training

Pension

Gym Membership

Cycle to Work

Flexible Working

Annual Away Days

Job summary

Solirius Reply is seeking a Security Cleared DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments for regulated clients in the UK. You will work on AWS, automation, networking, and security, ensuring compliant platforms with modern cloud practices.

Ideal candidates bring hands‑on AWS expertise, IaC experience (Terraform/CloudFormation), strong DevOps tooling knowledge, and active UK security clearance or eligibility.

Qualifications

• Proven commercial experience as an AWS Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, or similar.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure and cloud services.
• Experience delivering technical solutions within a consulting, systems integration, managed services, or professional services environment.
• Strong understanding of AWS networking, security, identity, and infrastructure architecture.
• Practical experience with Terraform, CloudFormation, or other Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tooling.
• Strong Linux and/or Windows administration skills.
• Experience with scripting and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar.
• Good understanding of cloud security principles and secure-by-design practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to clients and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working across multiple projects, teams, and client environments.
• Active UK Security Clearance (SC or DV) or eligibility to obtain the required level of clearance.

Responsibilities

• Work with clients to understand technical requirements and translate them into robust AWS solutions.
• Design, build, migrate, and maintain secure and scalable AWS cloud environments.
• Deliver cloud engineering projects from initial design through implementation and transition into operations.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Configure and manage AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, Route 53, and Elastic Load Balancing.
• Design and implement secure AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, VPNs, security groups, and network controls.
• Develop automation and CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment speed, consistency, and reliability.
• Apply cloud security best practices, including least-privilege access, encryption, monitoring, logging, and secure configuration.
• Support cloud migrations, infrastructure modernisation, and application transformation programmes.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and provide clear recommendations to clients.
• Produce technical documentation, solution designs, implementation plans, and operational procedures.
• Work collaboratively with architects, developers, DevOps engineers, security specialists, and client stakeholders.
• Contribute to technical proposals, estimates, and solution development where required.
• Share knowledge and contribute to internal engineering standards, reusable solutions, and best practices.
• Maintain a strong understanding of emerging AWS technologies and cloud engineering practices.

Skills

AWS Cloud Engineer

DevOps

Infrastructure

Terraform

CloudFormation

CI/CD

Linux

Windows

Python

Security

UK Clearance

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Docker

Job description

Solirius Reply is seeking a Security Cleared DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure across cloud and on‑prem environments for regulated clients in the UK. You will work on AWS, automation, networking, and security, ensuring compliant platforms with modern cloud practices.

Ideal candidates bring hands‑on AWS expertise, IaC experience (Terraform/CloudFormation), strong DevOps tooling knowledge, and active UK security clearance or eligibility.