Salary: £60,000 - 78,000 per year Requirements: Active eDV clearance is essential Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or similar Strong knowledge of Terraform Proficiency with Docker containers and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker Swarm) Experience maintaining and using CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins Monitoring and observability experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or InfluxDB Knowledge of event-driven integration and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or other AMQP solutions Strong Linux command line, administration, and shell scripting experience Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL Familiarity with network security protocols Experience working with cloud platforms, ideally AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda); Azure a plus Responsibilities: Ensure the availability, performance, and reliability of services supporting sensitive government programmes Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve subsystem reliability and performance Work with system administrators to automate operational processes and reduce manual effort Enhance monitoring and observability capabilities to proactively detect and resolve issues Support development environments to improve delivery speed and quality Contribute to the evolution of infrastructure, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines Research and evaluate new technologies and tools to support engineering decisions Develop expertise across multiple technical and business domains Participate in an on-call rota, including occasional 24/7 call-out support if required Technologies: AWS Lambda Ansible Azure CI/CD Cloud DevOps Docker EC2 Grafana Support Jenkins Kubernetes Linux Network OpenShift Prometheus RabbitMQ SQL Security Terraform More: We are a specialist engineering consultancy delivering secure technology platforms to high-profile UK government organisations. Our team is dedicated to the continued growth of critical cross-domain systems, focusing on platform reliability, automation, and DevOps practices across both cloud and on-premise environments. This contract role is hybrid, based in Cheltenham, and offers a competitive rate of £500-£650 per day outside IR35. last updated 11 week of 2026