IBM
Senior AWS DevOps Engineer - eSC or eDV Clearance Required
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Introduction
At IBM Consulting UK FutureNow, you’ll build a career at the forefront of hybrid cloud and AI, working with leading clients across the public and private sectors.
You’ll collaborate with top industry professionals, gain hands on experience with cutting edge technologies, and deliver solutions that create real business impact. From day one, you’ll work on meaningful, high profile programmes that stretch your skills and accelerate your growth.
We invest heavily in you—supporting continuous learning, in demand skills development, and long term career progression. You’ll thrive in a flexible, inclusive environment that values curiosity, encourages reinvention, and recognises what makes you unique.
We Offer
Tools and policies to support your work-life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.
Your Role And Responsibilities
We are seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer with public sector and consulting experience to join IBM and help drive our DevOps initiatives. In this role, you will lead smaller projects, mentor junior engineers, and contribute to shaping IBM’s technical direction in modern DevOps practices. You will also be involved throughout the full DevOps lifecycle, with a focus on automating and streamlining software delivery pipelines using current tools and methodologies.
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Responsibilities
Work with infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation. Configure and maintain monitoring and alerting solutions using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Nagios. Manage log collection and aggregation platforms such as the ELK Stack or Splunk. Apply security best practices in line with DevOps principles. Implement and maintain Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) processes.
Preferred Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
Proven experience in DevOps practices, including designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using AWS services such as CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CloudFormation. Strong scripting and automation skills using Bash and Python; experience developing infrastructure and deployment automation for AWS environments. Hands‑on experience with containerization technologies, including building, managing, and deploying Docker containers and orchestrating workloads using Kubernetes (EKS preferred). Solid understanding of cloud architecture and operations with deep exposure to AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch). Excellent knowledge of Git and Git‑based workflows, supporting collaborative development and automated deployment processes. Experienced in identifying, analyzing, and remediating security vulnerabilities across cloud infrastructure, containerized environments, and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, ECR scanning, or SAST/DAST tools).
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This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The enhanced Security Check (eSC) or enhanced Developed Vetting (eDV).
Preferred Technical And Professional Experience
Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI). Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef). Knowledge of infrastructure as code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, ELK Stack, Datadog). Passion for continuous learning and professional development.
Desirable Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
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