Senior AWS DevOps Engineer

Senior AWS DevOps Engineer (Remote) - Public Sector | Inside IR35 100% Remote (UK) - occasional expensed travel for workshops/meetings12-month contract, extensions likelyInside IR35Active SC Clearance required - NPPV3 sponsored on projectFlexible start dateOne-stage technical interview (MS Teams) About the Role We're urgently hiring Senior DevOps Engineers to join a high-performing infrastructure team delivering enterprise microservice architecture for a major public sector client. You'll build and run AWS cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes container platforms in fast-paced 2–3 week sprints. What You'll Do Design, deploy and maintain AWS infrastructure via Terraform/IaCBuild and manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and containerised workloadsAutomate CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) for build, test, deploy and monitoringMigrate and integrate customer workloads into AWSTroubleshoot infrastructure and platform incidentsImplement security best practice — IAM, encryption, network securityWork in Git/GitLab across sprint-based deliveryEssential Active SC Clearance (must-have), willing to undergo NPPV3 vetting5–10+ years' DevOps experience with strong IaC backgroundExpert AWS: EC2, EKS, RDS, Route 53, VPC, S3Expert Docker, Kubernetes, HelmExpert TerraformStrong Jenkins CI/CD experienceSolid Git version controlDesirable AWS/Kubernetes/Terraform certificationsPython or similar scripting experiencePrometheus/Grafana/CloudWatch monitoring experienceBroader product lifecycle exposure (requirements/service design) Expert-level AWS knowledge, specifically: EC2EKS (Kubernetes)RDSS3Expert-level containerisation using Docker and KubernetesExpert-level Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and managementStrong experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, particularly with JenkinsProficient with Git and version control workflowsHands-on experience with HelmSolid understanding of security policy implementation, including IAM, encryption and network security This is a high-priority, fast-moving requirement. Candidates must hold active SC clearance and have strong AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform expertise. Applications without active SC clearance will not be considered, please apply only if you meet this requirement.