AWS DevOps Engineer - Lead

Requirements

• Capability designing and implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines for deploying software through environments, up to and including Production.
• Hands-on experience applying zero-downtime deployment patterns in Production environments.
• Skilled in managing cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Understanding of distributed systems and container orchestration.
• Experience with Git-based version control systems for managing solution source code.
• Proven capability using bash and shell scripting for task automation.
• Experience configuring Continuous Integration pipelines to run and report on the outcome of automated tests (both functional and non-functional).
• Expertise in maintaining and continuously improving the security posture of live systems (for example, using automated vulnerability detection and patching technologies).
• Experience overseeing the implementation of DevOps techniques across team members, mentoring others on best practice.
• Planning skills with the ability to develop and implement DevOps methodologies that align with business objectives and project timelines.
• Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, GDS Service Manual, etc.).
• Experience working with some, or all, of the following tools and technologies:
• GitHub Actions
• Drone.io
• Hashicorp Terraform
• AWS CloudFormation
• Docker
• Hashicorp Vagrant
• AWS CloudWatch
• AWS EventBridge
• AWS Security Hub (and supporting technologies)
• AWS CI/CD technologies (CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy)
• AWS Systems Manager

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment preferred.
• Experience applying DevOps tools and techniques with other major cloud providers (Azure, Google Cloud).
• Awareness of the GOV.UK Digital Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice is preferred.
• Ability to deliver as part of multiple projects, concurrently across multiple teams.
• Ability to explain and simplify complex information to stakeholders.

Personal Qualities

Benefits

• Our benefits package compliments our highly competitive salaries and our great working environment. We believe that our people should be properly rewarded for their commitment to the continued success of our business through a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits.
• These can include:
• InformedACADEMY™ – We offer excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications.
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan – We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individuals need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support.
• Hybrid working*
• Private Health Care Cover*
• Generous life assurance cover*
• Gym Membership*
• Monthly office lunch
• Onsite massage sessions
• 25 paid working days holiday per year plus bank holidays*
• Sabbatical Leave Scheme*
• Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay*
• Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay*
• Company Pension Contribution
• Profit Share Scheme
• Payment of professional subscriptions
• Generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• *Qualifying period applies

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