DevOps Engineer (contract outside of IR35)

Role overview Help deploy and operate an established cross-domain system built from containerized services and event-driven components. The work centers on release pipelines, consistent configuration, monitoring, and incident response in a managed service setting, partnering with feature teams and customer stakeholders to keep the service available and dependable.

Responsibilities - Coordinate with development teams to promote component releases into production smoothly. - Maintain continuous delivery pipelines and apply configuration management so deployments are repeatable. - Monitor service metrics against availability and service-level objectives, adding instrumentation and alerts to identify issues early. - Respond to operational alerts and customer incidents, troubleshoot causes, and take steps to restore service and reduce future impact. - Work with customer stakeholders to schedule service changes and capture new requirements. - Automate recurring operational tasks to reduce manual effort.

Requirements - Experience with infrastructure automation such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or Ansible. - Experience with Docker and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker Swarm. - Experience maintaining CI/CD systems, for example Jenkins or GitHub Actions. - Working knowledge of Linux administration, command-line tools, and shell scripting. - Understanding of relational databases and SQL, network security protocols, and AWS. - Knowledge of monitoring, autoscaling, performance tuning, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery practices; experience with tools such as InfluxDB, Prometheus, or Grafana. - Eligibility to meet the applicable UK residency, right-to-work, and security clearance requirements for the work.

Nice to have - Experience operating managed services, or with AWS hosting services such as EC2, RDS, S3, or Lambda. - Familiarity with AMQP messaging such as RabbitMQ, cross-domain systems, or writing well-tested code in Java, Go, Python, or a similar language.

Benefits and work setup This is a fully remote, rolling three-month contract outside IR35, at a stated rate of £500–£600 per day. The listing notes that work is subject to security screening and clearance.