AWS DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer – Contract

Start: ASAP
Duration: 3 months
Day Rate: c. &£500 per day 
Location: Hybrid – 3 days per week in Sheffield, remainder remote

We're looking for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join a dynamic team on a short-term contract, starting as soon as possible. You&'ll be instrumental in supporting and enhancing cloud infrastructure, deploying scalable services, and improving CI/CD pipelines within an AWS environment.

Key Skills && Experience Required:

• Proven background as an AWS DevOps Engineer in commercial environments

• Strong expertise in AWS core services including EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, RDS, Route 53, and VPCs

• Solid experience with Kubernetes and containerisation using Docker and Amazon EKS

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and/or CloudFormation

• CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CodePipeline

• Monitoring and logging with tools like CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar

• Scripting in Python, Bash, or similar

• Good understanding of networking, security groups, load balancers, and general cloud security best practices

Typical Tasks:

As a key member of the team, you will:

• Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and highly available AWS infrastructure

• Create and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or CloudFormation

• Manage Kubernetes clusters and deploy containerised applications

• Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows

• Monitor systems, troubleshoot issues, and optimise performance

• Implement and maintain security and compliance controls across AWS environments

• Collaborate with software developers and architects to support continuous delivery and operational excellence

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If you're an AWS DevOps Engineer ready to hit the ground running, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today to find out more.

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