AWS DevOps Engineer

<em><strong>hackajob</strong> is collaborating with <strong>Leidos</strong> to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.<br><br></em><strong>Role Overview<br><br></strong>We are seeking an experienced hands-on <strong>AWS DevOps Engineer </strong>to join the LCST Programme team. As part of a high-performing Agile team, you will design, implement, and support secure, scalable cloud infrastructure using a tailored SAFe Agile SecDevOps Scrum process. You'll apply DevOps best practices and cloud-native design principles, leveraging AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive automation and continuous delivery across environments.<br><br>This role also includes hands-on work with automated testing, deployments, and infrastructure monitoring—alongside participation in Agile ceremonies, risk mitigation activities, and collaborative solution design. Cross-functional flexibility across systems engineering, software development, testing, and security is highly valued.<br><br><strong>Key Responsibilities<br><br></strong><ul><li>Demonstrated experience in managing source code with GIT, including pull requests, branching strategies (Trunk-based, GitFlow), and collaborative version control workflows </li><li>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 </li><li>Strong proficiency in IAC using Terraform and Ansible to provision, configure, and maintain secure and scalable cloud environments </li><li>Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, implementing automation for building, testing, and deploying applications across multiple environments </li><li>Proven ability to write and maintain scripts and automation tools using Bash, Python, and PowerShell to enhance operational workflows and eliminate manual tasks </li><li>Familiarity with containerisation using Docker and orchestration best practices, along with configuration management using Ansible. </li><li>Knowledge of secrets management and access control using tools like Vault and IAM policies, ensuring secure handling of credentials and sensitive information </li><li>Strong understanding of AWS security best practices, including encryption, patching, monitoring, least privilege access, and compliance requirements. </li><li>Hands-on experience in implementing and managing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data protection and business continuity] </li><li>Ability to implement robust monitoring and logging solutions e.g., CloudWatch, to ensure system reliability, observability, and proactive incident response </li><li>Comfortable working in Agile development teams, translating business requirements into technical solutions, and actively participating in sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups </li><li>Capability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud-native solutions that meet availability and performance objectives </li><li>Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective mitigation strategies in complex environments </li><li>Understanding of routing, traffic management, and load balancing, including configuration of NGINX and AWS-native tools for optimizing traffic flow. </li><li>Experience with structured release and change management processes, including deployment governance, rollback strategies, and versioning control. </li><li>Awareness of Java application environments and deployment considerations is a plus for supporting platform-wide consistency and integrations </li><li>Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement attitude, regularly identifying opportunities to enhance delivery pipelines, infrastructure, and development practices </li><li>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 </li><li>Hands-on experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira, Confluence and Bitbucket to support Agile delivery, documentation, collaboration, and CI/CD pipeline management </li><li>Working knowledge of Active Directory and ADFS for identity and access management, including group policy management, SSO, and integration with cloud authentication services <br><br></li></ul><strong>Application Requirements<br><br></strong><ul><li>Hands-on experience: </li><ul><li>in any programming language e.g. python, bash, powershell, etc </li><li>in Redhat OS </li><li>in AWS OR Azure OR any other cloud provider </li><li>as Redhat and windows Admin </li><li>in containerised solution </li><li>in supporting application troubleshooting </li><li>IAC - terraform </li><li>App config - ansible or any other like puppet </li><li>CI/CD pipeline like Jenkins or Azure devops or bamboo, etc </li><li>Any Automation <br><br></li></ul></ul><strong>Desired Skills<br><br></strong><ul><li>AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional or equivalent certification </li><li>Proficiency in Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation </li><li>Experience with Ansible for configuration management </li><li>Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash) </li><li>ITIL Foundation Certification or experience with ITIL-based environments <br><br></li></ul><strong>Interview Requirements<br><br></strong><ul><li>This role will involve a two-stage interview process: </li><ul><li>First stage: face to face video competency-based interview covering your experience and transferable skills/application requirements into the role </li><li>Second stage: face to face in person interview at our Bristol office, this will include a technical test aligned around the application requirement capabilities <br><br></li></ul></ul><strong>Clearance Requirements<br><br></strong><ul><li>BPSS pre-screening required to start </li><li>Clearance for Role SC </li><li>Must be a UK Citizen and based in UK for the duration </li><li>Must have, or be able to obtain, a UK SC Clearance</li></ul>