Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Department for Work and Pensions

Manchester

Hybrid

GBP 73,000 - 89,000

Full time

8 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to GBP 80,664
Civil Service pension
Hybrid working
Flexible working
Professional development
Annual leave
Cloud engineering experience

Job summary

Department for Work and Pensions is seeking a Senior DevOps engineer to build and improve AWS cloud platforms that support critical government services. You will contribute to deployment pipelines, automation, and infrastructure provisioning to enhance reliability.

The role offers hybrid working, flexible hours, and professional development with the Civil Service pension. Manchester-based position focusing on scalable cloud engineering and collaboration with engineering teams.

Qualifications

  • Senior DevOps professional with extensive AWS and infra-as-code experience.
  • Proficient in building scalable CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills and knowledge of cloud monitoring.
  • Experience with Linux environments and automation tooling.

Responsibilities

  • Build AWS infrastructure
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning
  • Improve platform reliability
  • Implement infrastructure as code
  • Monitor production environments
  • Support engineering teams
  • Improve deployment processes

Skills

Senior DevOps experience
Strong AWS experience
Infrastructure-as-code
CI/CD expertise
Cloud monitoring knowledge
Linux experience
Strong troubleshooting ability
Automation experience

Job description

Build and improve AWS cloud platforms, deployment pipelines and infrastructure supporting critical government digital services.

About Department for Work and Pensions

DWP Digital operates one of the UK's largest public-sector technology estates.

What you'll do
  • Build AWS infrastructure
  • Develop CI/CD pipelines
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning
  • Improve platform reliability
  • Implement infrastructure as code
  • Monitor production environments
  • Support engineering teams
  • Improve deployment processes
What we're looking for
  • Senior DevOps experience
  • Strong AWS experience
  • Infrastructure-as-code experience
  • CI/CD expertise
  • Cloud monitoring knowledge
  • Linux experience
  • Strong troubleshooting ability
  • Automation experience
Benefits
  • Salary up to GBP 80,664
  • Civil Service pension
  • Hybrid working
  • Flexible working
  • Professional development
  • Annual leave
  • Cloud engineering experience
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