Cloud Native DevOps Engineer
A Cloud Native DevOps Engineer role in Cheltenham/Gloucester (hybrid) building and managing AWS cloud infrastructure for mission-critical national security systems. Day-to-day covers Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation/Pulumi), CI/CD pipelines, Docker/Kubernetes, and monitoring/observability. DV clearance with 10 years' continuous UK residency is required.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Cheltenham, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong commercial experience with AWS
- Experience working in secure cloud environments
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi)
- Hands-on CI/CD experience (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD or similar)
- Docker and Kubernetes experience
- Strong scripting skills using Python, Bash or PowerShell
- Understanding of AWS networking (VPCs, subnets, security groups)
- Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or CloudWatch
- Understanding of Zero Trust security principles
- Strong troubleshooting and cloud optimisation experience
- DV Clearance (requires 10 years' continuous UK residency)
- Work within an Agile environment alongside technical teams and stakeholders
Full description
CLOUD NATIVE DEVOPS ENGINEER – AWS / NATIONAL SECURITY
Salary: Competitive
Location: Cheltenham / Gloucester – Hybrid
Clearance: DV Clearance required
Type: Permanent
THE ROLE
A leading technology organisation is expanding its Cloud & DevOps engineering team and is looking for experienced Cloud Native DevOps Engineers to join their team in Cheltenham / Gloucester.
You’ll work on mission-critical systems within secure environments, designing, building and managing AWS cloud infrastructure with a strong focus on automation, scalability, security and resilience.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design, build and manage AWS environments
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines
- Automate cloud infrastructure and deployment processes
- Work with Docker and Kubernetes
- Monitor system performance, availability and security
- Implement observability and logging best practices
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and optimise cloud deployments
- Work within an Agile environment alongside technical teams and stakeholders
- ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Strong commercial experience with AWS
- Experience working in secure cloud environments
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience – Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi
- Hands-on CI/CD experience – GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD or similar
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Strong scripting skills using Python, Bash or PowerShell
- Understanding of AWS networking – VPCs, subnets and security groups
- Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK or CloudWatch
- Understanding of Zero Trust security principles
- Strong troubleshooting and cloud optimisation experience
- CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS