AWS DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer – Up to £55,000 DOE, Fully Remote

Our client operates in the entertainment industry offering an independent ticketing and event discovery platform. They are looking for an AWS DevOps Engineer to work remotely, with the opportunity to work from one of their offices: Preston, Liverpool, Manchester or London

What You’ll Do:

• Build and maintain scalable, reliable, and secure AWS infrastructure tailored for high-availability systems.
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using tools such as AWS CodePipeline/Github Actions
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments using tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and optimize system performance, ensuring 99.99% uptime and reliability for high-traffic platforms.
• Collaborate closely with other devops members and developers to design cloud-native and scalable applications.
• Monitor, liaise and remedy platform security issues in relation to both infrastructure and application vulnerabilities.
• Create documentation for infrastructure design changes and workflows for better knowledge sharing throughout the business.
• Stay updated on AWS advancements and recommend new tools and practices.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 3 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer with a focus on AWS.
• In-depth knowledge of core AWS services (e.g., ECS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM).
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, ECS).
• Strong understanding of internet security and AWS toolsets such as Inspector/GuardDuty.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Sentry, Pager Duty)
• Proven ability to troubleshoot and optimize high-traffic web applications.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Desirable skills and knowledge:

• Experience with serverless architectures and microservices.
• Prior experience managing high-traffic, highly concurrent web platforms.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum).
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect).

What you will be offered:

In return for your commitment and enthusiasm, you can look forward to excellent working conditions in a progressive and growing company.  They have a friendly informal and lively culture, where everyone is trusted to take ownership of their own workload. You’ll be challenged but rewarded by working for this evolving business, where you’ll enjoy team outings, charity fundraising activities and going to events.

Friendly, open, informal, and most important equal working environment where management are all approachable

Cycle to work scheme / Tech scheme after 1 year service

Electric Car scheme after 1 year service

Company pension

Health insurance provided by Vitality after 1 year service

Sick Pay

Future career progression

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Increase holiday entitlement after 1 year service

Flexible working hours

Free parking (if working from the Liverpool office)

Casual Dress

Important Information: The successful applicant must agree to a Basic Disclosure under the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) procedures. Employment will be confirmed to the successful applicant subject to a satisfactory Disclosure report.

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