AWS DevOps Engineer
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £450.0 to £500.0 per day |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH3 9QA |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 4710166_1753283012 |
Summary
Your New Company and Role
A leading organisation is seeking a DevOps Analyst Contractor to support its expanding portfolio of services. This is an exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking company that places a strong emphasis on system availability, stability, and innovation.
As a hands-on DevOps Engineer, you'll be instrumental in managing and optimising cloud infrastructure in AWS. You'll work across multiple projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and efficient systems. This role offers the chance to contribute to a dynamic environment where strategic thinking and technical excellence are highly valued.
What You'll Need to Succeed
To excel in this role, you'll bring a strong technical foundation and a collaborative, proactive mindset. Key requirements include:
- Proven experience with AWS and cloud-native technologies
- Proficiency in containerisation and orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS, Docker)
- Experience with Helm Charts, Linkerd, and serverless architectures
- Strong skills in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
- CI/CD pipeline development using Azure DevOps
- Scripting and automation with Bash, Python, Go, PowerShell
- Monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace
- Solid understanding of networking and security (VPC, Nginx, AWS WAF, etc.)
- Database experience with DynamoDB, Aurora, Redshift, SQL
- Comfortable with Linux/Unix OS administration
- Ideally, AWS DevOps Engineer certification
- Exposure to Ping Identity (ForgeRock) is also desirable
Business & People Skills
- Ability to work independently and within a small, agile team
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach
- Willingness to support and mentor team members
- Relevant industry qualifications are a plus
What you need to do now
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