DevOps Engineer - SC Clear

Your new companyYou will be joining a secure engineering environment supporting the operation, maintenance and continuous improvement of a business-critical platform and its associated services. The role sits within an established engineering team responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, security and performance of systems operating within a secure operational environment.

Your new roleAs a DevOps Engineer, you will support platform infrastructure, deployment pipelines and live services across AWS-hosted environments. Working closely with development, support and platform teams, you will help maintain operational stability while contributing to automation, infrastructure improvements and service resilience.
Key responsibilities

Support AWS-hosted infrastructure and platform services.
Maintain and develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
Support Docker-based applications across development, test and production environments.
Assist with CI/CD pipeline development and support using Jenkins, Groovy and GitLab.
Monitor platform health, performance and availability using Elastic, Kibana and related tools.
Investigate and resolve infrastructure, deployment and service-related incidents.
Support networking technologies including VPNs, OpenVPN, Transit Gateway and API Gateway.
Maintain NGINX, PostgreSQL and associated platform services.
Contribute to operational resilience, disaster recovery and service continuity activities.
Perform platform maintenance, patching and security updates.
Create and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
Collaborate with development teams to improve deployment processes and automation.
Participate in incident response and on-call support activities.
Work within established engineering standards, security controls and operational processes.
Support a 24/7 operational environment and participate in on-call rotas as required.What you'll need to succeedEssential skills and experiencePlatform Engineering & Infrastructure

AWS
Terraform
Docker
NGINX
PostgreSQL (EC2 and RDS environments)
Linux administration
Windows administration
AWS Transit Gateway
AWS API Gateway
AWS Virtual Desktop
VPN and OpenVPN technologiesDevOps & Automation

Jenkins
Groovy
GitLab
CI/CD pipeline implementation and support
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Automated deployment processes
Configuration managementMonitoring & Observability

Elastic
Kibana
Infrastructure monitoring and alerting
Performance monitoring
Log analysis and troubleshooting
Service availability monitoring
Root cause analysisDesirable skills and experienceCloud & Platform Technologies

AWS SageMaker
Python scripting and automation
Container orchestration platforms
Infrastructure security and hardening
Cloud networking and connectivityApplication Support Knowledge

C#
.NET
JavaScript
React
REST APIs
Microservices architectureCOTS Product Experience

Supporting Commercial Off-The-Shelf products within secure environments
Troubleshooting intelligence, analytical or partner-provided systems
Exposure to SOLAR, MAT or equivalent operational platforms
Integration of internally developed applications with third-party productsAI & Analytics

Experience supporting AI-enabled services
Exposure to Large Language Model (LLM) solutions
Data analytics and monitoring platformsAdditional Skills

Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement
Experience within highly regulated environmentsWhat you'll get in return

12-month contract opportunity
Fully remote working
Opportunity to support critical secure platform services and cloud infrastructure
SC-cleared environment
Rate: £550 per day via UmbrellaHow to applyIf you're interested in this opportunity, apply with your latest CV, availability and preferred location. If this role isn't quite right for you, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about similar opportunities.

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