DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer

Contract: Until May 2027

Rate: £500/day Inside IR35

Location: Leeds (up to 2 days per month onsite)

We're supporting a major public sector programme seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join a cloud engineering team delivering scalable, secure and highly available digital services.

You'll play a key role in designing, building and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines and platform automation, whilst supporting the ongoing development of critical services within a regulated environment.

Key Requirements:

• Strong AWS experience across services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda and related cloud-native technologies
• Proven experience designing and delivering scalable, highly available and high-performance cloud solutions
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform
• Extensive experience building and managing AWS Lambda functions
• Strong Python development skills
• Experience creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and governance
• Experience monitoring, troubleshooting and optimising cloud infrastructure
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, product and delivery teams

Desirable Skills:

• Experience with Apigee
• Knowledge of FHIR and HL7 healthcare interoperability standards is helpful
• Experience working on healthcare, NHS or citizen-facing digital platforms

Essential Experience:

• Previous NHS or wider UK Government/Public Sector experience
• Experience working within secure, highly regulated environments
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery methodologies
• Ability to work independently whilst engaging effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Apply now or email for more information