AWS DevOps Engineer Sheffield or Croydon (Monthly Team Days Required) £730pd inside IR35 Security Clearance would be *ADVANTAGEOUS* Job Overview
We are seeking skilled DevOps Engineers to join our central government client to join a dynamic and innovative team driving the future of biometric services. As we expand our capabilities and prepare for a significant increase in biometric traffic due to the worldwide rollout of Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) in 2024, we need your expertise to enhance our deployment and infrastructure processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and support the BIP application, focusing on deployments and infrastructure needs.
- Collaborate closely with development and product teams to identify risks and issues aligned with the product roadmap.
- Contribute to the identification and mitigation of risks and issues within the wider biometrics service.
- Support and develop the service as part of a SAS product-centric team.
- Mentor and teach Junior DevOps engineers to enhance their skills and capabilities.
- Ensure performance and security requirements are met and exceeded
Skills and Experience Required
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Programming/Scripting Languages: Proficient in developing code or scripts for automation and consistent deployment patterns.
- Cloud and Containerization: Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Concourse/Jenkins, Vault, and modern monitoring tooling systems.
- DevOps Toolchains: Skilled in engineering and maintaining DevOps toolchains to support secure and highly resilient services.
- Infrastructure as Code: Expertise in developing designs, coding, and testing infrastructure as code and continuous improvement pipelines.
- Platform Tooling Solutions: Ability to build and install new platform tooling solutions, such as monitoring, secret management, and service discovery solutions, following industry best practices.
- Agile Environment: Experience working in an agile software development environment, including iterative design, planning, and improvement.
Beneficial:
- Azure Platform: Experience with the Azure platform.
Qualifications
Essential:
- Understanding of the Development Cycle.
- Understanding of Agile ways of working.