Senior DevOps Engineer

Cyber Security training courses; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Large-scale cloud platform projects

Job summary

Cyber Security training courses is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to build and maintain a modern AWS platform, automate deployments, and drive DevOps best practices across engineering.

You'll work closely with developers and platform teams to deliver secure, scalable cloud environments, focusing on infrastructure, Kubernetes, automation and cloud engineering rather than software development, with hybrid onsite work.

Qualifications

• Must have strong hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch)
• Proven Kubernetes experience, ideally EKS
• Extensive Terraform / IaC experience
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
• Scripting experience in Python and/or Bash
• Proficiency with observability tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Solid understanding of cloud security and networking fundamentals
• Experience in Agile delivery environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Finance industry experience is beneficial but not required

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a modern AWS-based platform
• Automate deployments and improve deployment resilience
• Enhance observability and monitoring across cloud environments
• Drive DevOps best practices across engineering teams
• Collaborate with developers and platform teams to deliver secure, scalable cloud infra

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Python/Bash scripting

Datadog

Prometheus

Grafana

Cloud security

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Tools

EC2

S3

RDS

Lambda

IAM

VPC

CloudWatch

EKS

Job description

Your new company

You'll be joining a global financial services organisation currently investing heavily in cloud transformation, platform engineering and DevOps capability. With major programmes underway across cloud infrastructure and cyber remediation, this is an opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team delivering modern, cloud-native solutions at scale.

Your new role

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you'll play a key role in building and maintaining a modern AWS platform, supporting critical cloud infrastructure and driving DevOps best practice across the engineering function. You'll work closely with developers and platform teams to automate deployments, improve resilience, enhance observability and deliver secure, scalable cloud environments.

This is a hands-on role focused on infrastructure, Kubernetes, automation and cloud engineering rather than software development.

What you need to succeed

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC and CloudWatch
• Proven experience with Kubernetes, ideally EKS
• Strong Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience
• Expertise building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab
• Python and/or Bash scripting experience
• Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus or Grafana
• Strong understanding of cloud security and networking principles
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Financial services experience is beneficial but not essential

What you'll get in return

• Hybrid working with 1-2 days per week onsite
• Opportunity to work on a large-scale cloud-native platform
• Exposure to AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and modern DevOps tooling
• Fast-moving interview process
• Immediate project demand with strong programme backing