DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer - Permanent - Public Sector / Government Sector - Immediate Start Location (Remote with Ad-Hoc Monthly Travel): Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle or Birmingham. Salary: Up to £55,000 p/a Clearance: Candidates must be eligible for SC Clearance, have 5 years UK residency, and the correct right to work status in the UK. We are seeking a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with experience in designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure and application delivery platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in CI/CD pipeline development, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), containerization (Docker), Kubernetes orchestration, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, and GCP), and DevSecOps practices. Key Skills: TerraformAWSGitLab (CI/CD pipelines)DockerIdeally solid DevOps/Cloud Engineering background and experience managing infrastructure as code. Your Role: Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment processes.Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure on platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, ARM Templates, or CloudFormation.Monitor application and infrastructure performance using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, or Azure Monitor.Collaborate with development, QA, and operations teams to streamline software delivery and release management.Implement and manage containerization technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. Essential Skills & Experience Commercial experience within DevOps, Cloud Engineering or Platform Engineering.Strong hands-on experience with Terraform.Good working knowledge of AWS and core AWS services.Experience building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.Hands-on experience with Docker and containerisation.Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles.Experience automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment.Understanding of Git-based source control and modern software delivery practices.Ability to troubleshoot cloud infrastructure and deployment issues.Experience working within Agile engineering environments.