Sellick Partnership
DevOps Engineer
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DevOps Engineer – AWS | CI/CD | CDK
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne – Hybrid
Contract: Initial 6 Months – Strong Likelihood of Extension
Day Rate: £305 per day – Inside IR35
Working Pattern: 3 Days Onsite in Newcastle / 2 Days from Home
Project: UK Government
Sponsorship: Not Available
Security Clearance: Not Required – Existing SC Clearance is a Bonus
The Opportunity
We are looking for a DevOps Engineer to join a major technology programme delivering services into a UK Government environment.
This is an initial 6-month contract with a strong likelihood of extension, based in Newcastle upon Tyne with a hybrid working arrangement of 3 days onsite and 2 days working from home. The role would suit a DevOps Engineer with strong experience across AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code, particularly AWS CDK.
Security clearance is not required, although candidates who already hold active SC Clearance would be particularly welcomed.
Please note that sponsorship cannot be provided, so candidates must already have the right to work in the UK.
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Key Responsibilities
- Build, maintain, and improve cloud infrastructure within AWS
- Develop, maintain, and optimise automated CI/CD pipelines
- Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK
- Support the deployment and operation of cloud-based applications and services
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment
- Work closely with Software Engineers, Platform Engineers, and wider technical teams
- Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and application issues
- Support monitoring, logging, and overall platform reliability
- Implement DevOps, cloud engineering, and security best practices
- Contribute to continuous improvements across development and deployment processes
- Work within the governance and security requirements of a UK Government environment
Core Technical Experience
Strong commercial experience with:
- AWS
- CI/CD pipelines
- AWS CDK
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Git / version control
- Scripting and automation
Wider Technology Stack
Experience across some of the following would also be beneficial:
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- AWS – EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation
- Terraform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins
- Python / Bash / PowerShell
- Linux
- Monitoring and observability tooling
- Automated testing and deployment
- Cloud security and IAM
- Agile / Scrum delivery environments
Desirable Experience
- Existing SC Clearance
- Previous experience working on UK Government or public-sector programmes
- Experience within secure or highly regulated environments
- Strong understanding of cloud security and DevOps best practices
Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.
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