Lead AWS DevOps Engineer – Managed Services
Overview
Our client is seeking an experienced Lead AWS DevOps Engineer to join a growing Managed Services function within a fast-paced digital consultancy environment.
This is a senior technical leadership opportunity for a cloud and platform engineering professional with strong AWS expertise and a passion for building secure, scalable, and highly reliable cloud-native systems. The successful candidate will work across a range of client environments, supporting critical platforms and digital services while driving engineering best practices, automation, and operational excellence.
The role combines hands‑on technical delivery with strategic leadership responsibilities, including mentoring engineers, supporting service operations, contributing to engineering standards, and helping shape the wider managed services capability.
Location
* Leeds, United Kingdom
* Hybrid working model with occasional travel to office or client locations as required
Working Pattern
* Hybrid and flexible working available
* Participation in an on‑call support rota is required
Responsibilities
* Leading the delivery and support of cloud‑native infrastructure and managed service solutions
* Managing and optimising production workloads within AWS environments
* Supporting the reliability, scalability, and security of client platforms and services
* Implementing and maintaining infrastructure‑as‑code solutions using Terraform
* Managing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation processes
* Supporting containerised application deployment and orchestration environments
* Monitoring platform health, observability, and alerting using modern monitoring tools
* Troubleshooting complex infrastructure, deployment, and pipeline issues
* Supporting secure‑by‑design engineering and operational best practices
* Providing technical leadership and mentoring within multidisciplinary engineering teams
* Contributing to engineering standards, continuous improvement initiatives, and knowledge sharing
* Supporting recruitment, onboarding, and capability development within the managed services function
* Communicating technical issues and risks clearly to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
* Participating in out‑of‑hours support and incident response through an on‑call rota
Requirements
* Strong experience managing production AWS environments and cloud infrastructure
* Extensive experience with infrastructure‑as‑code, particularly Terraform
* Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
* Experience deploying and managing containerised applications
* Expertise in monitoring, observability, and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or Datadog
* Strong understanding of cloud security, platform reliability, and operational best practices
* Experience with Identity & Access Management solutions and enterprise identity platforms
* Experience working with headless CMS or content platforms
* Strong stakeholder communication and consultancy skills
* The ability to translate technical issues into business impact clearly and effectively
* Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical leadership initiatives
* Experience within consultancy or managed services environments
* Exposure to cloud‑native architectures and modern DevOps tooling
* Experience supporting digital transformation or large‑scale platform operations
* Knowledge of agile delivery and multidisciplinary engineering environments
Diversity & Inclusion
Our client is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals feel valued, supported, and empowered to thrive.
Applications are strongly encouraged from candidates from underrepresented groups and diverse backgrounds.
The organisation is committed to providing an accessible recruitment process and reasonable adjustments where required.
Salary & Benefits
* Contributory pension scheme
* 25 days annual leave plus public holidays
* Flexible benefits package
* Private healthcare and dental options
* Life assurance and critical illness cover
* Volunteer days and charitable contribution options
* Cycle‑to‑work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes
* Professional development and learning opportunities
* Flexible and hybrid working arrangements
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