DevOps Engineer

TXP
London
DevOps Engineer - AWS | Central Government

Rate: £555 per day
Contract: Contract
Location: Predominantly remote with occasional/ad hoc travel to client sites
Clearance: Active SC Clearance required

The Role

We are looking for an experienced DevOps Engineer to join a major digital transformation programme for a Central Government client.

You will work within a cloud-native AWS and Java environment, helping to build, maintain and optimise the infrastructure, deployment pipelines and cloud platforms underpinning critical public-facing digital services.

The successful candidate will have strong Central Government/public sector experience alongside a proven background in DevOps, AWS cloud engineering, automation and modern agile delivery environments.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement and maintain infrastructure across AWS cloud environments.
Build and support CI/CD pipelines to enable reliable and efficient software delivery.
Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment.
Support Java-based applications and microservices.
Implement monitoring, alerting and logging solutions to maintain platform reliability and performance.
Support platform security, compliance and operational resilience.
Troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment and performance issues across development and production environments.
Promote DevOps best practice, automation and continuous improvement.
Support disaster recovery, backup and business continuity activities.
Collaborate closely with Architects, Developers, Security and Delivery teams.

Essential Skills & Experience

Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer within large-scale digital transformation programmes.
Strong Central Government/public sector experience.
Significant hands-on experience with AWS.
Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform, CloudFormation or similar.
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps or similar.
Experience supporting Java-based applications and microservices architectures.
Strong Linux administration and scripting skills using Bash, Python or similar.
Experience with containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of monitoring and logging technologies such as CloudWatch, Grafana, ELK and Prometheus.
Strong understanding of cloud security, networking and operational best practices
Posted 2026-09-21

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