Job Title: Platform / DevOps Engineer
Contract: 6-Month Contract (Remote)
Industry: Financial Services Technology
About the Role
We’re seeking a skilled Platform/DevOps Engineer to help manage and evolve the infrastructure that powers a broad suite of proprietary and third-party applications—including internal operations tools, client platforms, and online learning systems.
This role focuses on AWS cloud infrastructure, delivering high availability, security, and cost efficiency while enabling a seamless development experience for our in-house engineering team. You’ll shape infrastructure strategy, drive automation, and strengthen CI/CD practices to keep our technology reliable and scalable.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, document, and deliver an infrastructure strategy that ensures reliability, resilience, security, and cost efficiency.
* Monitor system performance and backups; ensure uptime and disaster-recovery readiness.
* Partner with developers to establish application performance metrics and introduce benchmarking and reporting.
* Lead regular infrastructure and security assessments, addressing gaps and notifying teams of system vulnerabilities.
* Enhance CI/CD pipelines and support the existing continuous deployment approach.
* Coordinate with Group IT for integrations and manage scheduled DR/BCP tests.
* Proactively introduce infrastructure and cost efficiencies.
Required Technical Skills
* 5+ years AWS experience (VPC, EC2, ECS, EKS, EFS, S3, Workspaces, Security Groups, CloudWatch/CloudTrail, IAM).
* Strong containerization expertise (Docker or similar).
* Scripting and automation with Python or Bash.
* Modern CI/CD practices and pipeline creation (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
* Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform), configuration management (Ansible preferred).
* Aurora/RDS MySQL (including replication).
* Monitoring/logging tools (Datadog, Sumo Logic, etc.).
* Security best practices (server hardening, 2FA, secure data storage).
* Solid understanding of networking concepts: routing, gateways, DNS.
Desired Skills
* Experience with CouchDB, Redis, Memcached.
* Knowledge of DR and BCP processes.
* Familiarity with PHP applications.
* Previous use of Atlassian tools (Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence).
Personal Attributes
* Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
* Attention to detail and strong architectural/design thinking.
* Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
* Ability to justify technology choices and drive continuous improvement.
Performance Metrics
* Infrastructure performance & uptime and developer satisfaction.
* Backup coverage and disaster-recovery test outcomes.
* Cost efficiency and timely project delivery.
Why Join Us?
* Influence a cloud-first strategy in a dynamic financial technology environment.
* Work remotely with a collaborative, forward-thinking team.
* Opportunity to shape infrastructure for mission-critical systems serving global users.
How to Apply
Send your CV and a short cover letter to sajeel.sharief@randstaddigital.com with the subject line “Platform/DevOps Engineer – Contract”.