Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced hands-on AWS DevOps Engineer 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.
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.
Key Responsibilities:
- 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 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 containerisation 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
Application Requirements:
- Hands-on experience:
- in any programming language e.g. python, bash, powershell, etc
- in Redhat OS
- in AWS OR Azure OR any other cloud provider
- as Redhat and windows Admin
- in containerised solution
- in supporting application troubleshooting
- IAC – terraform
- App config - ansible or any other like puppet
- CI/CD pipeline like Jenkins or Azure devops or bamboo, etc
- Any Automation
Desired Skills:
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional or equivalent certification
- Proficiency in Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation
- Experience with Ansible for configuration management
- Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Bash)
- ITIL Foundation Certification or experience with ITIL-based environments
Interview Requirements:
- This role will involve a two-stage interview process:
- First stage: face to face video competency-based interview covering your experience and transferable skills/application requirements into the role
- Second stage: face to face in person interview at our Bristol office, this will include a technical test aligned around the application requirement capabilities
Clearance Requirements:
- Clearance to Start BPSS
- Clearance for Role SC
- Must be a UK Citizen and based in UK for the duration
- Must have, or be able to obtain, a UK SC Clearance
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