DevOps Engineer

Syntax Consultancy Limited

Posted 3 days ago, valid for 4 days

Birmingham, West Midlands B3 3DH, England

not provided

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

The position is for a DevOps Engineer with a focus on AWS technologies, offering a 6-month contract in Birmingham with a salary range of £450-£500 per day, outside IR35.
Candidates must possess active SC clearance and NPPV3, and will be required to travel to Birmingham 4 to 5 days a week, with an immediate start preferably in Summer 2025.
The role involves developing and maintaining AWS-based cloud solutions with a strong emphasis on cloud security best practices and requires experience in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment.
Key skills include proficiency with Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, and scripting languages such as Shell and Python, along with experience in system monitoring tools like Grafana and Prometheus.
Candidates should have hands-on delivery experience in digital or technology projects within government organizations and possess knowledge of Linux administration and network protocols.

DevOps Engineer (SC & NPPV3)

6-month Contract

Birmingham (Hybrid)

£450-£500 Outside IR35

We are seeking a DevOps Platform Engineer with AWS experience for a contract position based in Birmingham. Active SC clearance and NPPV3 are required for this role.

The role requires travel to Birmingham 4/5 days a week and an immediate start, ideally in Summer 2025.

A Chance to Work with a Leading Digital Transformation Business Delivering Large-scale, Long-term IT Projects for the Public Sector.

Key skills & experience:

Good experience with AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC, Glacier, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
Provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant.
Experience with DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
Strong scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, JAVA) and automation skills.
Thorough knowledge of Jenkins and pipeline using Groovy script.
Experience with Docker containers and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g. Grafana, Alert Manager, Prometheus, Node exporter).
Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.
Active SC Clearance & NPVV3 is required for this role.

Desired Skills and Experience:

Hands-on DevOps delivery experience working on Digital or Technology projects at a government organisations.
Knowledge of Windows System Update Service and DFS Replication.
Linux system administration experience: building, hardening, and managing Linux operating systems.
MS Active Directory configuration and management.
Firewall and switch configuration and patch management.
Understanding of network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).
Experience with Windows Group Policy Objects and access/permissions control via GPO.

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