DevOps Engineer

We are hiring for two DevOps contract roles: Senior DevOps Engineer (£465-£480/day) and DevOps Engineer (£440/day). Senior DevOps Engineer - Contract Client: Government / Public Sector Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £465-£480 per day Clearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility required Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London (Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks) Role Overview We're looking for an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support the design, delivery, and operation of reliable, scalable cloud platforms within a government environment. You'll take a lead role in automation, platform stability, and mentoring, contributing to high‑impact digital services. Key Responsibilities Lead incident response and outage management, including triage, stakeholder communication, and resolution Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and frequent software delivery Implement and support cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code Support containerised platforms and orchestration solutions Collaborate across engineering teams to improve DevOps practices Mentor and support DevOps engineers and developers Promote automation, security, reliability, and continuous improvementCore Skills & Experience Strong hands-on experience with AWS Terraform for Infrastructure as Code Kubernetes (build, deploy, operate) CI/CD tooling (e.g. GitLab) Experience operating production systems in complex environments Solid understanding of DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering principles Comfortable working in agile, multidisciplinary teamsDevOps Engineer - Contract Client: Government / Public Sector Contract Length: 6 months Rate: £440 per day Clearance: SC cleared preferred (SC lapsed considered) / SC eligibility required Location: Hybrid - Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, London (Approx. 1 day onsite every 2 weeks) Role Overview We're seeking a DevOps Engineer to help build and maintain modern cloud platforms supporting critical public sector services. You'll work hands‑on with automation, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines, contributing to reliable and scalable systems. Key Responsibilities Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support continuous delivery Develop and manage cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code Support and operate containerised applications and platforms Assist with incident response and service reliability Collaborate with software engineers to improve delivery and operational efficiency Champion DevOps best practices, automation, and qualityCore Skills & Experience Experience with AWS Terraform for infrastructure provisioning Kubernetes and container-based deployments CI/CD tools such as GitLab Understanding of DevOps principles and modern cloud-native architectures Experience working in agile delivery teams