AWS DevOps Engineer

AWS DevOps Engineer London - 4 days per week (non-negotiable) 12 months initial contract Inside IR35 - £550 Asap Start We are supporting a global financial services client (hedge fund) on the hire of a mid-level AWS DevOps / Platform Engineer to work within a high-performing technology environment. This is a hands-on engineering role, focused on building and supporting cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and platform reliability. Role Responsibilities Build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar) Support containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes / EKS) Ensure platform stability, monitoring, and performance Support deployments, release cycles, and environment setup Work closely with engineering teams to enable delivery and best practice  Core Requirements 4+ experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering Strong hands-on experience with AWS Experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines Exposure to Kubernetes / container platforms Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments preferred  Technical Environment AWS (core infrastructure + networking fundamentals) Terraform (IaC) Kubernetes / EKS Docker / containerisation CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab or similar)  Profile Strong hands-on engineer (not an architect / not purely strategic) Comfortable working across infrastructure, pipelines, and environments Able to operate with a degree of autonomy in delivery teams Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and comfortable in fast-paced environments  Additional Notes This is a high-ownership role with strong engineering expectations Preference for candidates with exposure to: Financial services or similar environments High-availability / performance-driven platforms