Salary: £62,500 - 75,000 per year Requirements: We are looking for a principal-level, hands-on DevOps Engineer with experience delivering distributed, cloud-native systems. We need strong expertise in Kubernetes, especially for stateful applications. We require solid hands-on experience with AWS, including EKS, EBS, IAM, and VPC. We are looking for a strong background in Go or Java services and service modernization. We need experience with Kafka or similar distributed streaming platforms. We require a solid background with Helm, Operators, and Infrastructure as Code, with Terraform preferred. We need a strong understanding of failure modes, scaling, and data durability. Nice to have: experience adapting legacy or non-cloud-native Java applications to Kubernetes. Nice to have: experience with multi-region or globally distributed system design. Nice to have: experience with service mesh and advanced networking patterns. Responsibilities: We will have you deliver distributed, cloud-native systems as a principal-level hands-on engineer. We will have you work with Kubernetes environments, including stateful workloads. We will have you design, build, and support solutions on AWS using EKS, EBS, IAM, and VPC. We will have you support Go or Java services and contribute to service modernization. We will have you work with Kafka or similar distributed/streaming platforms. We will have you use Helm, Operators, and Infrastructure as Code, with a focus on Terraform. We will have you address system reliability concerns such as failure modes, scaling, and data durability. We will have you collaborate on hybrid work requirements, including three days per week in our Belfast office. Technologies: AWS Cloud DevOps Helm IAM Support Java Kafka Kubernetes Terraform More: We are Response Informatics, hiring for an exciting client engagement for a DevOps Engineer role in Belfast, UK on a hybrid basis. This is a 6-month contract inside IR35, and the role requires working three days from the end customers office in Belfast. We are seeking experienced engineers who can help deliver modern, scalable cloud-native systems in a fast-moving environment. last updated 22 week of 2026