We're partnered with an established and fast-growing digital solutions provider who are seeking a skilled AWS DevOps Engineer to join their London-based team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in building and maintaining the company’s scalable cloud infrastructure, ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performing systems. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and forward-thinking tech environment working on platforms that support large-scale, high-traffic applications.
Key Responsibilities:
🔧 AWS Cloud Infrastructure
* Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure using key AWS services (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, EFS, Elasticache, etc.)
* Manage cloud networking, security configurations, and availability zones
⚙️ Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation
* Use tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, and Docker to automate infrastructure deployment
* Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery
🔐 Security & Governance
* Enforce AWS security best practices including IAM roles, policies, and encryption
* Manage WAF configurations, compliance requirements, and security event monitoring
* Collaborate with internal teams on policies and standards
💾 Database & Performance Optimization
* Oversee RDS management, backup strategies, failover configurations, and performance tuning
* Optimize caching using Elasticache to boost system performance
📈 Monitoring, Observability & Reliability
* Build observability frameworks using CloudWatch, Grafana, InfluxDB, and Elasticsearch
* Implement proactive alerting and escalation processes to maintain uptime and responsiveness
* Develop logging strategies that offer deep system insights
🤝 Cross-Team Collaboration
* Partner with development, QA, and product teams to support delivery pipelines and deployment readiness
* Contribute to the design of scalable and fault-tolerant systems from early development stages
Ideal Experience Required:
* Solid experience in a DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure role with a strong emphasis on AWS
* In-depth knowledge of AWS core services and cloud-native design principles
* Proficiency in Terraform and/or CloudFormation for infrastructure management
* Strong scripting capabilities (e.g., Python, Bash)
* Experience with Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS
* Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline
* Solid understanding of cloud networking, security protocols, and compliance standards
* Hands-on experience with modern monitoring/logging platforms
* A collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset with excellent communication skills
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or relevant field (or equivalent work experience)
Package:
* £80K base salary
* Remote working with the need to be in the London office one day a week
* Opportunity to work on both greenfield and existing projects
* Great career development opportunities
* Part of a fast-growing organisation
If this sounds like an exciting challenge you would like to know more about, please apply and we will be in touch to discuss the opportunity further.