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DevOps Engineer
£60,000 - 60,000
Leidos Innovations UK Limited
The Brooms, Bristol
£60,000 - 60,000
Requirements
Must:
- Demonstrated experience in managing source code with GIT, including pull requests, branching strategies (Trunk-based, GitFlow), and collaborative version control workflows.
- Expertise in designing and managing AWS cloud infrastructure, including services like EC2, ECR, ECS, ECK, ASG, VPC, RDS, Load Balancers, Lambda, IAM, ports, R53, etc.
- Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible to provision, configure, and maintain secure and scalable cloud environments.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, implementing automation for building, testing, and deploying applications across multiple environments.
- Proven ability to write and maintain scripts and automation tools using Bash, Python, and PowerShell to enhance operational workflows and eliminate manual tasks.
- Familiarity with containerization using Docker and orchestration best practices, along with configuration management using Ansible.
- Knowledge of secrets management and access control using tools like Vault and IAM policies, ensuring secure handling of credentials and sensitive information.
- Strong understanding of AWS security best practices, including encryption, patching, monitoring, least privilege access, and compliance requirements.
- Hands-on experience in implementing and managing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data protection and business continuity.
- Ability to implement robust monitoring and logging solutions (e.g., CloudWatch) to ensure system reliability, observability, and proactive incident response.
- Comfortable working in Agile development teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions, and actively participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups.
- Capability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud-native solutions that meet availability and performance objectives.
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective mitigation strategies in complex environments.
- Understanding of routing, traffic management, and load balancing, including configuration of NGINX and AWS-native tools for optimizing traffic flow.
- Experience with structured release and change management processes, including deployment governance, rollback strategies, and versioning control.
- Awareness of Java application environments and deployment considerations is a plus for supporting platform-wide consistency and integrations.
- Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement attitude, regularly identifying opportunities to enhance delivery pipelines, infrastructure, and development practices.
- Proficiency in designing and managing SNS topics for event-driven architectures, integrating notifications with Lambda or external systems to support decoupled and scalable cloud workflows.
- Hands-on experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket to support Agile delivery, documentation, collaboration, and CI/CD pipeline management.
- Working knowledge of Active Directory and ADFS for identity and access management, including group policy management, SSO, and integration with cloud authentication services.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate within a high-performing Agile team to design, implement, and support secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using a tailored SAFe Agile SecDevOps Scrum process.
- Apply DevOps best practices and cloud-native design principles while leveraging AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive automation and continuous delivery across environments.
- Engage in hands-on work with automated testing, deployments, and infrastructure monitoring.
- Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, risk mitigation activities, and collaborative solution design.
- Ensure the successful management of source code and cloud infrastructure, focusing on enhancing operational workflows through effective automation.
Description
We are excited to invite experienced AWS DevOps Engineers to our LCST Programme team. By joining us, you will have the opportunity to unleash your potential while working remotely, requiring attendance at our Leidos UK Bristol office or customer sites as necessary. We value cross-functional flexibility and are looking for someone who is not only skilled in technical aspects but also has a proactive attitude towards continuous improvement in delivery pipelines and infrastructure. To be considered for this position, you will need to have hands-on experience in programming (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell), cloud environments, containerized solutions, and a variety of automation tools. Certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional or ITIL Foundation are desirable but not mandatory. Please note that this role includes a two-stage interview process and requires UK citizenship, as well as eligibility for security clearance. We look forward to your application!
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