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Role Title: AWS DevOps Engineer

Location: Sheffield (Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite)

Role Category: Inside IR35

Overview:

We're recruiting for an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join an enterprise engineering team within a leading global financial services organisation.

This role offers the opportunity to work on large-scale AWS environments, combining cloud infrastructure, software engineering, automation, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. You'll work closely with engineering, architecture, cybersecurity and operations teams to deliver secure, resilient and highly available cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities:

Design, build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, networking and IAM services.Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and other automation tools.Build and support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.Develop automation and backend services using Python and Golang.Design and maintain RESTful APIs, microservices and distributed cloud-native applications.Work with Docker, Kubernetes and serverless technologies across AWS environments.Support relational and NoSQL databases, including database schema and deployment changes.Implement and maintain database change management using Liquibase or similar tooling.Implement monitoring, logging, alerting and distributed tracing using technologies such as Splunk, ELK, Prometheus and Grafana.Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis and implement solutions to improve reliability and performance.Work closely with architects, developers, infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to support enterprise cloud platforms.Ensure cloud infrastructure and applications comply with security, governance, risk and regulatory requirements.Contribute to technical design, automation, continuous improvement and operational procedures.Support Agile delivery and contribute as a technical SME across cloud and DevOps initiatives.

Required Skills

Proven experience in a DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering or Software Engineering role.Strong hands-on experience with AWS in an enterprise environment.Strong understanding of AWS compute, storage, networking and IAM services.Strong Python development or automation experience.Proven experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI or equivalent.Strong experience with Linux, Docker and containerised environments.Experience with Kubernetes and/or serverless technologies.Experience developing RESTful APIs, microservices and distributed systems.Experience with relational and NoSQL databases.Experience with messaging, streaming or integration services.Strong experience with cloud monitoring, logging and alerting.Good understanding of cloud security, authentication, encryption and IAM.Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and production support experience.Experience working within Agile environments.Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Skills

Proficiency in Golang.Experience with Liquibase or similar database change management tools.AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Developer or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.Experience with GCP or other public cloud platforms.Experience working within financial services or other regulated environments.Strong software engineering background combined with infrastructure experience.Experience with Splunk, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana or distributed tracing.Knowledge of DevSecOps, cloud governance and regulatory controls.Experience with non-functional testing and continuous testing practices.Experience with messaging and streaming technologies.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team supporting enterprise-scale AWS environments, with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure, Python development, automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud-native engineering and secure software delivery.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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