Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Expert Employment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Expert Employment Limited is seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to optimize and secure our AWS cloud and data platforms. You will drive infrastructure as code, CI/CD pipelines and scalable data pipelines, collaborating with the CTO and engineering teams.

The role requires hands-on AWS, CDK, Lambda, ECS and Fargate experience, plus strong security and incident response capabilities. Hybrid work exists with a London Central office presence.

Qualifications

• Six years of experience in DevOps, SRE or platform engineering.
• At least three years hands-on AWS production experience.
• Strong AWS CDK and GitHub Actions experience.
• Experience with Lambda, ECS and Fargate.
• Good knowledge of AWS security, IAM and KMS.
• Experience with data pipelines using Kinesis or Kafka.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and some Python.
• Strong communication and ability to take technical ownership.
• Experience with AWS Bedrock or other LLM platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage and secure AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and CI CD pipelines.
• Manage developer access, permissions and system integrations.
• Build and maintain cloud-based data pipelines.
• Monitor security, investigate incidents and improve security processes.
• Work with software, data and product teams on technical improvements.

Skills

DevOps

SRE

Platform Eng

AWS

AWS CDK

GitHub Actions

Lambda

ECS

Fargate

IAM

KMS

Kinesis

Kafka

TypeScript

Python

Security

Incident Response

LLM platforms

Job description

An innovative technology company is looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to manage and improve its AWS cloud infrastructure, security and data platform.

Working closely with the CTO and software team, you will be responsible for managing developer access and permissions, maintaining secure cloud environments, building data pipelines and improving CI CD processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and secure AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and CI CD pipelines.
• Manage developer access, permissions and system integrations.
• Build and maintain cloud-based data pipelines.
• Monitor security, investigate incidents and improve security processes.
• Work with software, data and product teams on technical improvements.

Requirements

• Six years of experience in DevOps, SRE or Platform Engineering.
• At least Three years of hands‑on experience with AWS in production.
• Strong experience with AWS CDK and GitHub Actions.
• Experience with Lambda, ECS and Fargate.
• Good knowledge of AWS security, IAM, KMS and incident response.
• Experience with data pipelines using Kinesis, Kafka or similar.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and some Python.
• Strong communication skills and ability to take technical ownership.
• Experience with AWS Bedrock or other LLM platforms.

Hybrid working, minimum two days per week in a Central London office