AWS DevOps Platform Engineer - eSC/eDV Clearance

Introduction At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors. You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth. We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique. We Offer Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners schemeMore traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice. Your Role And Responsibilities As an AWS DevOps Infrastructure Specialist, you'll bring your technical expertise and problem-solving skills to our team, contributing to the design, deployment, and maintenance of containerized applications on AWS. You'll work alongside experienced professionals, learning and growing as you help ensure seamless integration with DevOps toolchains. Responsibilities Design and deploy containerized applications on AWS, leveraging expertise in AWS component servicesProvision AWS infrastructure, considering cloud-native architecture and deployment modelsEnsure seamless integration with DevOps toolchains and CI/CD pipelinesApply knowledge of Storage, Compute, and Security Services to administer hybrid cloud environmentsConfigure High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions and manage Kubernetes clusters Join our team and contribute to the development of innovative AWS infrastructure solutions that drive business success. If you're passionate about understanding and solving complex infrastructure challenges and have a knack for creating AWS solutions that maximize ROI, we'd love to hear from you. Preferred Education Bachelor's Degree Required Technical And Professional Expertise Hands‑on experience designing and deploying containerised workloads on AWS (e.g. EKS, ECS, Docker)Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation) including environment provisioning and automationPractical knowledge of Kubernetes ecosystem (cluster management, networking, scaling, troubleshooting)Solid understanding of AWS core services (Compute, Networking, Storage, Security) and cloud‑native architecture patternsExperience integrating CI/CD pipelines and DevOps toolchains (e.g. GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)Experience implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery (HA/DR) strategies in AWS environmentsStrong Linux systems knowledge and troubleshooting capability within cloud and container environmentsAbility to work collaboratively in cross‑functional engineering teams and contribute to delivery outcomesStrong problem‑solving and communication skills, particularly in technical delivery contexts This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV). Preferred Technical And Professional Experience Experience working within multi-account AWS environments (e.g. Organizations, landing zones)Familiarity with observability and monitoring tooling (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)Exposure to security best practices in cloud and container environments (IAM, secrets management, Zero Trust concepts)Experience supporting or delivering cloud migration or modernisation programmesExperience working in regulated or enterprise-scale environments (e.g. Public Sector, Financial Services)