AWS Cloud Native DevOps Engineer in Manchester

AWS Cloud Native DevOps Engineer

Consultant / Senior Consultant

• Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 pa plus benefits, pension and healthcare options
• Job Type: Permanent - Hybrid / 2 x days per week - Travel to client site
• Base Locations: London, Manchester, Bristol
• Security Clearance: Candidates must hold active SC clearance

Overview:

We're looking for AWS Cloud Native DevOps Engineers who are passionate about building secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms. You'll work on mission-critical programmes, helping organisations modernise their cloud infrastructure through automation, cloud-native technologies, and DevOps best practices. This is an opportunity to work within high-performing engineering teams delivering secure AWS solutions in complex environments where reliability, security, and performance are essential.

About The Role:

• Design, build, and manage secure, scalable AWS cloud environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient software delivery.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions.
• Collaborate with Agile teams, architects, engineers, and stakeholders.
• Automate infrastructure and operational processes through scripting.
• Troubleshoot and optimise cloud infrastructure and deployments.
• Apply cloud security best practices, including Zero Trust principles.
• Continuously learn and adopt emerging cloud and DevOps technologies.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Strong experience deploying and managing AWS infrastructure within secure or regulated environments.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Solid understanding of AWS networking concepts including VPCs, subnets, routing, load balancing, and security groups.
• Experience with monitoring and logging platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or AWS CloudWatch.
• Knowledge of cloud security best practices and Zero Trust security models.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across cloud and platform technologies.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.

To be successfully appointed to this role, it is a requirement to hold active Security Check (SC) clearance.