Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes)

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: December 31, 2026 Work set up: Hybrid (Remote with travel to Croydon as required) Clearance required: BPSS + SC Transfer (approximately 7 weeks) Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes) to support the delivery, automation, and management of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes-based services within a public sector environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, cloud resources, deployments, and platform reliability while contributing to the continuous improvement of cloud-native services. Strong experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and DevOps tooling is essential. What you will do: • Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions. • Manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads. • Deploy and support applications using Docker and Helm. • Administer AWS cloud resources, including RDS, Lambda, and Amazon S3. • Build, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines. • Migrate CI/CD pipelines between platforms, including Jenkins to alternative CI/CD solutions. • Perform infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform. • Deploy applications to test and production environments. • Troubleshoot and resolve Kubernetes platform issues. • Manage infrastructure-related operational activities. • Configure and maintain Vault secrets management. • Administer security certificates across platform environments. • Monitor platform performance using Kibana, Grafana, and Prometheus. • Support Linux-based infrastructure and systems. • Manage source code repositories using Bitbucket. • Collaborate with technical teams to improve platform stability, automation, and deployment efficiency. • Maintain technical documentation and operational standards.