Sellick Partnership
DevOps Engineer
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AWS DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared) – Contract
Location: Fully Remote (UK)
Contract Length: Initial 6 Months (Likely Extension)
Day Rate: £475 per day (Inside IR35)
Clearance: Active SC Clearance Required
The Opportunity
We are supporting a major UK Government programme seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join an established engineering team delivering secure, cloud-native platforms.
This is a fully remote contract offering an initial 6-month engagement, with a strong likelihood of extension. Due to the nature of the project, candidates must hold active SC clearance and be eligible to work on secure government systems from day one.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
- Deploy and manage containerised applications within Kubernetes environments.
- Develop automation tooling and scripts using Python.
- Work closely with software engineers, architects and security teams to improve deployment processes.
- Monitor platform health, performance and reliability.
- Support infrastructure improvements, incident resolution and platform optimisation.
- Ensure solutions align with DevSecOps best practices and government security standards.
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Essential Skills
- Strong commercial experience within AWS cloud environments.
- Excellent Kubernetes experience.
- Strong Python scripting and automation skills.
- Proven experience building and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform or CloudFormation desirable).
- Experience with Linux administration.
- Strong understanding of containerisation, networking and cloud security.
- Experience working within Agile delivery teams.
Desirable
- Experience delivering projects within UK Government or highly regulated environments.
- Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or CloudWatch.
- Experience with Git, Docker and DevSecOps practices.
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Essential Requirement
Candidates must hold active Security Check (SC) clearance.
Unfortunately, candidates without active SC clearance cannot be considered due to project requirements.
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances.
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