Senior AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer – SC Cleared (Hybrid)

Sanderson Government & Defence; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 94,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanderson Government & Defence is seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer (AWS) to design, automate and secure scalable cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on IaC with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes within a hybrid London-based setup.

You will collaborate with software, architecture and security teams to enhance deployment processes, drive cloud adoption, and ensure compliant, resilient platforms in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Active SC Clearance required.
• Strong experience with AWS in production environments.
• Hands-on Terraform for IaC and cloud automation.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Containerised deployments with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Experience with monitoring/observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Scripting in Python and Bash for automation.
• Knowledge of IAM and cloud security best practices.
• Ability to design and implement CI/CD pipelines end-to-end.
• Experience with agile delivery and DevSecOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins.
• Deploy and support containerised applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Implement monitoring, logging and alerting solutions.
• Automate operational tasks using Python and Bash scripting.
• Support platform reliability, performance and availability.
• Ensure cloud environments meet security and compliance requirements.
• Contribute to DevSecOps and Platform Engineering initiatives.
• Provide technical guidance to development and delivery teams.

Skills

Active SC Clearance

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes (EKS)

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Linux administration

Bash scripting

Python automation

IAM & cloud security

CI/CD design

Monitoring & observability

Agile delivery

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/Elastic Stack

Azure DevOps

Job description

Sanderson Government & Defence is seeking a Senior DevOps/Cloud Engineer (AWS) to design, automate and secure scalable cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on IaC with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes within a hybrid London-based setup.

You will collaborate with software, architecture and security teams to enhance deployment processes, drive cloud adoption, and ensure compliant, resilient platforms in a regulated environment.