Senior AWS DevOps Engineer Location: Croydon (Largely Remote Working) Salary: £80,000 - £85,000 PA Start date: Immediately This role requires UK Security Clearance. To be eligible for this you must have been UK-based for a minimum of 5 years. Job Summary: Digital Skills are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to join a great client. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building and evolving their AWS cloud infrastructure and ensuring its reliability, scalability, and security. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AWS services, automation tools, and DevOps practices. We are looking for someone passionate about technology, who enjoys problem-solving, and has a collaborative mindset. Key Responsibilities Design, implement and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS Develop and implement automated tools and processes for building, deployment, monitoring, testing and maintenance of infrastructure and applications Develop and maintain policies and procedures for security, compliance, and disaster recovery Optimise infrastructure for high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency Continuously monitor and improve infrastructure and application performance Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues Manage and mentor junior DevOps engineers Skills, Knowledge and Expertise 5 years of experience in AWS cloud infrastructure design, implementation, and management Proficient programming skills in at least one language, preferably Python or Go Extensive experience in deploying cloud platforms at scale using AWS Organisations / Control Tower / Landing Zones Expert-level experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling such as Ansible, CloudFormation or Terraform Extensive background in Configuration Management and Automation Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems administration Expert-level experience in AWS Networking / TCP / Firewalls / Certs Advanced proficiency with containers and container orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes Observability champion, experience in designing and building monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, ELK, and Grafana Strong scripting skills in Bash, JavaScript or similar Knowledge of SecDevOps security best practices and experience implementing security controls in a cloud environment including SIEM, Guard Duty, Shield, Inspector and Security Hub Experience with CI/CD pipeline development and management Best practice configuration of Identity and Access Management and IAM Identity Center Preferred Qualifications AWS Speciality, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Professional Certification Experience with CDK and TypeScript Experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure or GCP Experience with serverless architecture, frameworks and services such as SAM, Lambda and API Gateway If this sounds like the right role for you, and you have the skills, please apply.