Senior AWS DevOps Engineer Job in Greater London

TN United Kingdom; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to enhance their cloud and DevOps capabilities. In this pivotal role, you will leverage your expertise in cloud technologies to guide clients through their digital transformation journey. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will design and implement secure, scalable solutions that meet diverse customer needs. This position offers a unique opportunity to work within a dynamic environment, utilizing cutting-edge tools and methodologies. If you're passionate about automation and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Expertise in cloud technologies and DevOps best practices.
• Experience in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Guide customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity.
• Design and implement scalable, resilient cloud-native solutions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation.

Skills

Continuous Integration

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud-Native Solutions

Kubernetes Administration

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Observability Tools

Agile Practices

Collaboration Skills

DevOps Best Practices

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GitHub Actions

Terraform

ArgoCD

Dynatrace

Grafana

Prometheus

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Senior AWS DevOps Engineer Job in Greater London, Greater London

Client: Salt

Location: Greater London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: ffcbb933803c

Job Views: 13

Posted: 26.04.2025

Expiry Date: 10.06.2025

Job Description:

I am currently partnered with a Central Government agency who require a Senior DevOps Engineer with active SC Clearance to join them on an initial 12-month rolling contract.

Location: London, UK Remote working

About the role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in guiding our customers on their journey to cloud and DevOps maturity. Leveraging your expertise in cloud technologies and best practices, you will work closely with tenants to architect, implement, and optimise solutions tailored to their unique needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and deliver exceptional value to our customers.

Important

• You must have SC
• Join on-site office days (once in 2 months, either Manchester or London)

Requirements

About you

You’ll be passionate about new technology, automation and experienced in being part of an Engineering Team, Agile and DevOps best practices. You’ll also be able to discuss your:

• Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices
• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code
• Knowledge of Platform development and operation
• Ability to collaborate with people of all levels of technical ability
• Understanding of industry best practices
• Team player
• Collaborate with colleagues and tenants to assess their current infrastructure, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop tailored cloud and DevOps strategies.
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams, communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, and drive consensus.
• Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure cloud-native solutions leveraging industry best practices and technologies.
• Develop, maintain, and operate complex operational tooling (Observability, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Security, GitOps).
• Knowledge of container orchestration platforms (, Kubernetes) and managed services (, EKS).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes Cluster administration.
• Experience working within a mixed skillset team in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Troubleshoot issues and break down engineering requests into components.
• Use Terraform and Terragrunt to deploy, manage, and configure AWS resources via pipelines in GitHub Actions.
• Experience working with and resolving high-priority incidents.
• Experience using LZA & Control Tower to manage AWS Organisations.
• Experience building and maintaining GitHub Actions workflows.
• Substantial experience with deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters in a public cloud environment, preferably EKS and AWS.
• Implement high availability strategies including Disaster Recovery and Upgrade procedures for Kubernetes clusters.
• Design and implement cloud networking principles and security best practices.
• Deploy and manage GitOps agents such as ArgoCD and/or Flux.
• Design, build, and maintain observability infrastructure (Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, AWS observability solutions).
• Collaborate with colleagues and customers to implement observability & SRE best practices.
• Design & build FinOps tools for platform and customer FinOps functionalities.