Senior AWS DevOps/Platform Engineer (EKS)
Up to £95,000 per annum
Hybrid working, 4 days remote - 1 day on-site in South London

My client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior AWS DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in EKS to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing, maintaining, and evolving the clients AWS cloud infrastructure and ensuring its reliability, scalability, and security. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in EKS Services, AWS services, automation tools, and DevOps practices. The client is looking for someone who is passionate about technology, enjoys problem-solving, and has a collaborative mindset.

You must have SC Clearance or be eligible for SC Clearance; Lived and worked in the UK for the past 5 years.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Use AWS EKS as a system that can streamline and optimize.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure that infrastructure is properly architected to support their applications.
• Develop and implement automated tools and processes for deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of infrastructure and applications.
• Develop and maintain policies and procedures for security, compliance, and disaster recovery.
• Optimise infrastructure for high availability, fault tolerance, and cost efficiency.
• Have the ability to inspire and motivate team members, delegate tasks effectively, and provide clear direction is essential.
• Manage and mentor Junior DevOps engineers.

Requirements and Skills:

• 5+ years of experience in AWS cloud infrastructure design, implementation, and management.
• Extensive experience in EKS optimisation.
• Extensive experience with Infrastructure as Code - Terraform.
• Proficient programming skills in at least one language, preferably Python or Go.
• Extensive experience of deploying cloud platforms at scale using AWS Organisations/Control Tower/Landing Zones/Guardrails.
• Expert level experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, and Jenkins.
• Extensive background in Configuration Management and Automation.
• Background in Linux/Unix systems administration.
• Expert level experience in AWS Networking/TCP/Firewalls/Certs.
• Advance proficiency with containers and container orchestration tools such as Docker, EKS and Kubernetes.
• Strong Scripting skills in Bash, JavaScript or similar.
• Experience with serverless architecture, frameworks and services such as SAM, Lambda and API Gateway.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline development and management.

If you think if you are right for this role, please apply ASAP.