DevOps Engineer

Job Description

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We are hiring for two DevOps contract roles: Senior DevOps Engineer (£465-£480/day) and DevOps Engineer (£440/day).

Senior DevOps Engineer - Contract

Client: Government / Public SectorContract Length: 6 monthsRate: £465-£480 per dayClearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility requiredLocation: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London(Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks)

Role Overview

We're looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support the design, delivery, and operation of reliable, scalable cloud platforms within a government environment. You'll take a lead role in automation, platform stability, and mentoring, contributing to high-impact digital services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead incident response and outage management, including triage, stakeholder communication, and resolution
• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and frequent software delivery
• Implement and support cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
• Support containerised platforms and orchestration solutions
• Collaborate across engineering teams to improve DevOps practices
• Mentor and support DevOps engineers and developers
• Promote automation, security, reliability, and continuous improvement

Core Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS
• Terraform for Infrastructure as Code
• Kubernetes (build, deploy, operate)
• CI/CD tooling (e.g. GitLab)
• Experience operating production systems in complex environments
• Solid understanding of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering principles
• Comfortable working in agile, multidisciplinary teams

DevOps Engineer - Contract

Client: Government / Public SectorContract Length: 6 monthsRate: £440 per dayClearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility requiredLocation: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London(Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks)

Role Overview

We're seeking a DevOps Engineer to help build and maintain modern cloud platforms supporting critical public sector services. xwzovoh You'll work hands-on with automation, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines, contributing to reliable and scalable systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery
• Develop and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
• Support and operate containerised applications and platforms
• Assist with incident response and service reliability
• Collaborate with software engineers to improve delivery and operational efficiency
• Champion DevOps best practices, automation, and quality

Core Skills & Experience

• Experience with AWS
• Terraform for infrastructure provisioning
• Kubernetes and container-based deployments
• CI/CD tools such as GitLab
• Understanding of DevOps principles and modern cloud-native architectures
• Experience working in agile delivery teams