DevOps Engineer

Your new companyYou will be joining a secure engineering environment supporting the operation, maintenance and continuous improvement of a business-critical platform and its associated services. The role sits within an established engineering team responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, security and performance of systems operating within a secure operational environment. Your new roleAs a DevOps Engineer, you will support platform infrastructure, deployment pipelines and live services across AWS-hosted environments. Working closely with development, support and platform teams, you will help maintain operational stability while contributing to automation, infrastructure improvements and service resilience. Key responsibilities Support AWS-hosted infrastructure and platform services.Maintain and develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.Support Docker-based applications across development, test and production environments.Assist with CI/CD pipeline development and support using Jenkins, Groovy and GitLab.Monitor platform health, performance and availability using Elastic, Kibana and related tools.Investigate and resolve infrastructure, deployment and service-related incidents.Support networking technologies including VPNs, OpenVPN, Transit Gateway and API Gateway.Maintain NGINX, PostgreSQL and associated platform services.Contribute to operational resilience, disaster recovery and service continuity activities.Perform platform maintenance, patching and security updates.Create and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes and automation.Participate in incident response and on-call support activities.Work within established engineering standards, security controls and operational processes.Support a 24/7 operational environment and participate in on-call rotas as required.What you'll need to succeedEssential skills and experiencePlatform Engineering & Infrastructure AWSTerraformDockerNGINXPostgreSQL (EC2 and RDS environments)Linux administrationWindows administrationAWS Transit GatewayAWS API GatewayAWS Virtual DesktopVPN and OpenVPN technologiesDevOps & Automation JenkinsGroovyGitLabCI/CD pipeline implementation and supportInfrastructure as Code (IaC)Automated deployment processesConfiguration managementMonitoring & Observability ElasticKibanaInfrastructure monitoring and alertingPerformance monitoringLog analysis and troubleshootingService availability monitoringRoot cause analysisDesirable skills and experienceCloud & Platform Technologies AWS SageMakerPython scripting and automationContainer orchestration platformsInfrastructure security and hardeningCloud networking and connectivityApplication Support Knowledge C#.NETJavaScriptReactREST APIsMicroservices architectureCOTS Product Experience Supporting Commercial Off-The-Shelf products within secure environmentsTroubleshooting intelligence, analytical or partner-provided systemsExposure to SOLAR, MAT or equivalent operational platformsIntegration of internally developed applications with third-party productsAI & Analytics Experience supporting AI-enabled servicesExposure to Large Language Model (LLM) solutionsData analytics and monitoring platformsAdditional Skills Strong troubleshooting and analytical skillsExcellent communication and stakeholder engagementExperience within highly regulated environmentsWhat you'll get in return 12-month contract opportunityFully remote workingOpportunity to support critical secure platform services and cloud infrastructureSC-cleared environmentRate: £550 per day via UmbrellaHow to applyIf you're interested in this opportunity, apply with your latest CV, availability and preferred location. If this role isn't quite right for you, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about similar opportunities. isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. Hays EA is a trading division of Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited and acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be found at hays.co.uk