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DevOps Engineer

Birmingham Full-Time 60000 - 84000 £ / year (est.) Home office (partial)

Job Description

DevOps Engineer (SC & NPPV3 Required)

Permanent

Birmingham (Hybrid)

£70,000- £75,000 + Benefits

We are seeking a DevOps Platform Engineer with AWS experience for a Permanent position. The role requires travel to Birmingham 2-3 days a week and an immediate start, ideally in June/July 2025.

Active SC clearance (that has been used within the last 12 months) and NPPV3 (that s been used within the last 6 months) are required for this role.

A Chance to Work with a Leading Digital Transformation Business Delivering Large-scale, Long-term IT Projects for the Public Sector.

Key Skills & Experience:

Good experience with AWS technologies (eg, EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
Provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant.
Experience with DevOps Engineer in a 24×7 uptime AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
Strong Scripting skills (eg, Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, JAVA) and automation skills.
Thorough knowledge of Jenkins and pipeline using Groovy script.
Experience with Docker containers and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
Experience with system monitoring tools (eg, Grafana, Alert Manager, Prometheus, and Node exporter).
Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Hands-on DevOps delivery experience working on Digital or Technology projects at a government organisations.
Linux system administration experience, including building, hardening, and managing Linux operating systems. MS Active Directory configuration and management.
Firewall and switch configuration and patch management. Understanding of network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).

DevOps Engineer employer: Syntax Consultancy

Join a leading digital transformation business in Birmingham, where you will be part of a dynamic team dedicated to delivering impactful IT projects for the public sector. With a strong emphasis on employee growth and a collaborative work culture, we offer competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment that promotes work-life balance. Our commitment to innovation and excellence ensures that you will be at the forefront of technology while contributing to meaningful change.