AWS DevOps Engineer – Government Project (Public Sector)
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Location: Remote / UK Based
Clearance: Eligible for SC Clearance or Active SC Clearance Preferred
The Opportunity
A leading public sector programme is seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join a high-profile government project focused on cloud transformation, infrastructure automation, and platform modernisation.
This is an excellent opportunity to work within a large-scale AWS environment supporting critical services used across the public sector. You will play a key role in building and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure, improving CI/CD pipelines, and driving automation across engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and optimise AWS cloud infrastructure across secure environments
- Design and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
- Containerise applications using Docker and support Kubernetes environments
- Work closely with development and platform teams to improve deployment reliability
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions
- Support Infrastructure as Code best practices and DevOps ways of working
- Ensure security and compliance standards are maintained across cloud environments
Required Skills & Experience
- Hands‑on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
- Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps
- Containerisation experience using Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong scripting knowledge using Bash, Python, or PowerShell
- Experience working within secure or regulated environments
- Knowledge of monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK
- Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
- Previous government or public sector project experience
- Experience working within SC‑cleared environments
- Knowledge of serverless technologies or event‑driven architecture
- Exposure to multi-account AWS environments and landing zones
What’s on Offer
- 6‑month initial contract with strong extension potential
- £520 per day inside IR35
- Opportunity to work on a nationally significant government programme
- Collaborative engineering environment with modern cloud tooling
- Long‑term project roadmap with ongoing transformation initiatives
If you are an AWS DevOps Engineer looking for your next contract within the government sector, apply now to discuss the opportunity further.
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