GTC Recruitment
Senior DevOps Engineer
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Senior DevOps Engineer
Senior DevOps Engineer (SC Cleared) – AWS | 6-Month Contract
Rate: Up to £749 per day (Inside IR35) Location: Hybrid/remote (UK-based – National/London 1–2 days/week max for local candidates, less for national candidates) Contract Length: 6 months Security Clearance: Active SC required
We are seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Engineer to support a high-profile government programme. This role requires strong hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and modern DevOps practices, working within a secure and highly regulated environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines and delivery automation solutions
- Manage and optimise Git-based source control workflows across engineering teams
- Operate and support production systems on AWS
- Implement and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Develop automation and tooling using Python to improve operational efficiency
- Support live services, including:
- Incident response
- Troubleshooting
- Root cause analysis
- Work closely with engineering teams to improve:
- Deployment reliability
- Developer experience
- Apply a structured, evidence-led approach to diagnosing and resolving complex technical issues
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Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles
- Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Strong knowledge of Git-based workflows and source control best practices
- Commercial experience operating workloads in AWS (preferred cloud provider)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Strong proficiency in Python for automation and tooling
- Experience supporting production-grade cloud environments
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills, with a structured approach
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Desirable Experience
- Experience within government or highly regulated environments
- Containerisation and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with observability tools (logging, monitoring, alerting, tracing)
- Improving developer experience and platform reliability at scale
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