DevOps Engineer

Salary: £60,000 - 100,000 per year

Requirements

• We are looking for experienced DevOps Engineers with a strong background in deploying and operating highly available, event-driven microservices platforms.
• We require hands-on experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• We need experience with Docker containers and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker Swarm.
• We require CI/CD experience with tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• We need strong Linux administration skills, including shell scripting and command-line tooling.
• We require experience working in AWS environments and cloud infrastructure.
• We need monitoring and observability experience with tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or InfluxDB.
• We require experience with SQL and relational databases.
• We need experience in performance tuning, troubleshooting, scaling, and disaster recovery.
• We require knowledge of network security principles and protocols.
• We would value experience in managed service environments.
• We would value experience with AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, and Lambda.
• We would value experience with RabbitMQ or other AMQP/event-driven messaging platforms.
• We would value familiarity with cross-domain technologies and principles.
• We would value software development experience in Java, Go, Python, or similar languages.
• We require successful completion of security screening and clearance requirements due to the nature of the work and client environments.

Responsibilities

• We collaborate with development teams to promote releases into production efficiently and safely.
• We maintain highly available services using real-time monitoring and system metrics.
• We build and improve monitoring, alerting, and observability capabilities.
• We investigate alerts and incidents and implement preventative and remedial actions.
• We work with customer stakeholders to coordinate releases and evolving service requirements.
• We drive automation to reduce manual operational overhead.
• We support continuous improvement across infrastructure, deployment, and operational processes.
• We deploy, maintain, and improve a highly available event-driven microservices platform built around Docker container services and AMQP messaging.
• We help ensure systems continue to meet demanding SLA and SLO targets.
• We work closely with feature delivery teams to support reliable production releases.

Technologies

• AWS
• Lambda
• Ansible
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• EC2
• GitHub
• Grafana
• Support
• Java
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Network
• OpenShift
• Prometheus
• Python
• RabbitMQ
• SQL
• Security
• Terraform
• microservices

More

We are a growing technology company founded in 2019 by engineers solving complex cross-domain challenges within government organisations. We now have a team of over 100 specialists across the UK, working remotely, hybrid, and on client sites to deliver secure, scalable, and innovative systems for our customers. This is a fully remote DevOps Engineer contract role, offered outside IR35 at £500–£600 per day, supporting the deployment and ongoing operation of a sophisticated cross-domain platform in a managed service environment.

last updated 22 week of 2026