Principal DevOps Engineer (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)

Job Title: Principal DevOps Engineer - AWS/Terraform/Kubernetes

Type: Permanent

Location: Fully remote (must be UK-based)

Salary: £90-110K DOE

Our client are growing their team and are looking for a Principal DevOps Engineer to contribute to the development and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure, help with the definition of best practices for infrastructure management and to support development processes with CI/CD. As a Principal DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of their cloud-based systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain the infrastructure and automation tools necessary for efficient and reliable deployment, operation, and monitoring of our cloud-based applications.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams to define and implement best practices for software delivery, continuous integration, and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
• Develop and maintain scalable and efficient infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and CloudFormation.
• Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes for orchestration and management.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, ensuring consistency and reproducibility across environments.
• Monitor and troubleshoot system performance, identifying and resolving issues to ensure high availability and optimal performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for automation, streamlining workflows, and improving efficiency.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in the DevOps space, making recommendations for adoption based on industry best practices.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS), including EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM.
• Extensive Kubernetes experience - live/in-production Kubernetes specifically.
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, or PowerShell) for automation and tooling.
• Familiarity with monitoring and log management tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Knowledge of networking concepts and security best practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration abilities, with a passion for working in a team-oriented environment.

This is just a snapshot of our client's requirement. Get in touch for a full job spec and details on the position.

We will be assisting our client in interviewing and appointing the best candidate ASAP. Apply without delay for consideration.