Senior AWS DevOps Engineer - SC-Cleared, Hybrid Contract

Public Sector Resourcing, managed by AMS; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DWP is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer for a 12-month hybrid contract (Inside IR35) with up to 3 days on-site per week in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle. The role focuses on maintaining secure, reliable platform services used by DWP Digital engineering teams, involving GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Nexus, vulnerability management, and CI/CD infrastructure.

Key tasks include CI/CD pipeline design, repository migrations, and patch management across AWS EC2 fleets.

Qualifications

• Experience in large enterprise or public-sector engineering environments.
• Ability to administer GitHub Enterprise and GitLab at scale, including migrations.
• Experience patching OS and software in AWS EC2 environments.

Responsibilities

• Administer GitHub Enterprise and GitLab at enterprise scale.
• Lead repository migration projects and support teams during transition.
• Design, build, and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Docker

AWS ECS

Jenkins

Security clearance

Kanban

Tools

GitHub Enterprise

GitLab

Nexus Repository Manager

Terraform

AWS

Job description

DWP is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer for a 12-month hybrid contract (Inside IR35) with up to 3 days on-site per week in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle. The role focuses on maintaining secure, reliable platform services used by DWP Digital engineering teams, involving GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Nexus, vulnerability management, and CI/CD infrastructure.

Key tasks include CI/CD pipeline design, repository migrations, and patch management across AWS EC2 fleets.