Overview
Senior DevOps Engineer role for a fast-moving IT recruitment client. You will lead the modernization and scaling of infrastructure, report to the Director of DevOps - International, and collaborate with multiple teams to evolve cloud-first DevOps practices. You will lead critical projects, including migrating legacy systems to AWS, optimizing deployment pipelines, and improving incident response. This is a hands-on position for someone who solves complex problems, guides architecture, mentors others, and builds robust systems at scale.
Responsibilities
* Design and implement scalable, secure infrastructure in AWS.
* Lead or contribute to migration projects, moving legacy systems to cloud-native architectures.
* Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
* Improve system architecture with a focus on reliability and cost-efficiency.
* Enhance operational visibility through monitoring, logging, and tracing.
* Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering standards.
Qualifications
Candidates must have:
* A bachelor\'s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience.
* At least 5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering, with a focus on cloud infrastructure.
* Deep understanding of Linux systems and distributed architectures.
* Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, CloudWatch).
* Experience with containerized workloads in production (Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes).
* Proficiency in scripting or programming (Bash, Python, Go).
Extra skills (nice to have)
* Experience with Java application environments.
* Knowledge of Cloudflare for DNS, security, and CDN.
* Familiarity with PostgreSQL or MySQL.
* Experience with multi-tenant SaaS architectures.
* Familiarity with observability platforms like Datadog or Splunk.
Location and Employment
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Employment type: Full-time
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
How to apply
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