DevOps Engineer

We are hiring for two DevOps contract roles: Senior DevOps Engineer (£465-£480/day) and DevOps Engineer (£440/day).

Senior DevOps Engineer - Contract

Client: Government / Public Sector Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £465-£480 per day Clearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility required Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London (Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks)

Role Overview

We're looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support the design, delivery, and operation of reliable, scalable cloud platforms within a government environment. You'll take a lead role in automation, platform stability, and mentoring, contributing to high-impact digital services.

Key Responsibilities

Lead incident response and outage management, including triage, stakeholder communication, and resolution

Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and frequent software delivery

Implement and support cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code

Support containerised platforms and orchestration solutions

Collaborate across engineering teams to improve DevOps practices

Mentor and support DevOps engineers and developers

Promote automation, security, reliability, and continuous improvement

Core Skills & Experience

Strong hands-on experience with AWS

Terraform for Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes (build, deploy, operate)

CI/CD tooling (e.g. GitLab)

Experience operating production systems in complex environments

Solid understanding of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering principles

Comfortable working in agile, multidisciplinary teams

DevOps Engineer - Contract

Client: Government / Public Sector Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £440 per day Clearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility required Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London (Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks)

Role Overview

We're seeking a DevOps Engineer to help build and maintain modern cloud platforms supporting critical public sector services. You'll work hands-on with automation, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines, contributing to reliable and scalable systems.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery

Develop and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code

Support and operate containerised applications and platforms

Assist with incident response and service reliability

Collaborate with software engineers to improve delivery and operational efficiency

Champion DevOps best practices, automation, and quality

Core Skills & Experience

Experience with AWS

Terraform for infrastructure provisioning

Kubernetes and container-based deployments

CI/CD tools such as GitLab

Understanding of DevOps principles and modern cloud-native architectures

Experience working in agile delivery teams