Senior AWS DevOps Engineer: Cloud Automation & CI/CD Leader

IBM; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Sabbatical programmes

Paid maternity/paternity leave

Private medical

Dental cover

Optical cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Group pension via salary sacrifice

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to drive DevOps initiatives across public and private sectors. You will automate software delivery, manage IaC, and mentor engineers in modern DevOps practices.

You will work on full lifecycle deployments, focusing on automation, monitoring, and security in AWS environments, with a strong emphasis on scalable, reliable pipelines. This role offers flexible, inclusive work arrangements and career progression within IBM.

Qualifications

• Proven DevOps experience with designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines on AWS.
• Strong scripting in Bash and Python for automation of deployment tasks.
• Hands-on container experience with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).
• Solid cloud architecture knowledge with AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch).
• Security: identify, remediate vulnerabilities across cloud infra, containers, and CI/CD tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead smaller projects and mentor junior engineers on DevOps practices.
• Automate and streamline software delivery pipelines using current tools and methodologies.
• Work with IaC tools (Terraform, CloudFormation) for infrastructure provisioning.
• Configure monitoring and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios; manage log platforms (ELK, Splunk).
• Implement and maintain CI/CD processes with focus on security and compliance.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Security awareness

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Prometheus

Grafana

Nagios

ELK Stack

Splunk

Git

Kubernetes

Docker

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

CircleCI

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

AWS services

Job description

IBM Consulting UK is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to drive DevOps initiatives across public and private sectors. You will automate software delivery, manage IaC, and mentor engineers in modern DevOps practices.

You will work on full lifecycle deployments, focusing on automation, monitoring, and security in AWS environments, with a strong emphasis on scalable, reliable pipelines. This role offers flexible, inclusive work arrangements and career progression within IBM.