Senior DevOps Engineer

Public Sector Resourcing CWS; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A public sector organization is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for a 6-month contract, primarily remote with occasional site visits. The role involves designing and building an AI-powered PII redaction Minimum Viable Product (MVP). Responsibilities include building and operating secure web systems, automating deployments with Infrastructure as Code, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in security, resilience, and automation, contributing significantly to modernization efforts within the ministry.

Qualifications

• Experience with building, deploying, and operating secure web systems.
• Proven expertise in automating processes and using IaC.
• Ability to work collaboratively with development and data teams.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy and operate secure, resilient web systems and services.
• Automate deployments and infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Contribute to system design and ensure reliability across the platform.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Secure web systems

Automation of deployments

Job description

On behalf of The Ministry of Justice, we are looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 6 month contract based Remote (with occasional site visits).

About the Role

Join the Justice Redact team at the Ministry of Justice to design and build both the backend and frontend of an AI-powered Personally Identifiable Information (PII) redaction Minimum Viable Product (MVP). You'll work alongside Full-Stack Developers, Data Scientists, a User Researcher, Product Lead, Delivery Manager, Subject Matter Experts and a Senior Interaction Designer.

The team's Data Scientists have already developed an early prototype and you'll work closely with them to ensure everything runs smoothly, securely and reliably from front-end to back-end. This project addresses a major challenge: meeting rising demand for data through Subject Access Requests (SARs), Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and other information-heavy use cases. Current workflows are manual and fragmented, making it hard to meet strict legal deadlines and driving up costs. Your role will be pivotal in modernising these processes, improving efficiency and reducing operational risk across the department.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer your main responsibilities will be to :

• Build, deploy and operate secure, resilient web systems and services
• Automate deployments and infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Contribute to system design...