DevOps Engineer

Hedgehog Lab — United Kingdom · Posted ~9 hours ago

Mid Contract Remote

Skills

AWS CloudFormation Terraform AWS Lambda API Gateway KMS WAF SigV4 infrastructure as code technical documentation Lambda

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A remote-first DevOps contract role supporting a large-scale mobile service. You will make infrastructure changes using infrastructure-as-code tools, configure serverless and API services, support encryption and web security controls, maintain authentication capabilities, and keep technical documentation current. The initial engagement runs through December 2026 with potential extension.

Highlights

Remote-first contract role with flexible London office attendance once or twice monthly. Work alongside a senior engineer on cloud infrastructure, infrastructure as code, security services, authentication, and documentation, with an extension possible.

Description

Contract status: Outside IR35 Start date: 2nd November Contract length: To the end of December 2026, with extension possible Location: Remote first London days: Once or twice a month Who You'll Be Doing It For You'll join the mobile platform team on a UK government app, working on the app and the services that support it. The team builds and maintains the common parts of the app, such as login. It also brings in key features built by other teams, and manages app releases. You're engaged through hedgehog lab, a digital product consultancy and certified B Corp, also Great Place to Work certified. For 20 years we've helped public and private sector organisations through digital transformation. What You'll Be Doing You'll make infrastructure changes in CloudFormation and Terraform, with a senior engineer reviewing what you do. You'll help configure Lambda, API Gateway, KMS and WAF, and help look after SigV4 authentication. You'll keep the documentation up to date as things change. If something looks wrong, you'll say so early. If you're unsure, you'll ask. What's In It For You You'll learn on a real AWS environment behind a government app, with a senior engineer working next to you. Most of it happens from home. What You'll Need To Be Considered You need commercial AWS experience. You should have working knowledge of CloudFormation or Terraform, and be familiar with Lambda and API Gateway. You're careful and security-minded. You like to understand why something works before you change it. How To Apply If that sounds like you, please apply.