Senior DevOps Engineer (AWSKubernetes)

Anticipated Contract End Date/Length: December 31 2026
Work set up: Hybrid (Remote with travel to Croydon as required)
Clearance required: BPSS SC Transfer (approximately 7 weeks)

Our client in the Information Technology and Services industry is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer (AWS/Kubernetes) to support the delivery automation and management of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes-based services within a public sector environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing infrastructure CI/CD pipelines cloud resources deployments and platform reliability while contributing to the continuous improvement of cloud-native services. Strong experience with AWS Kubernetes Terraform and DevOps tooling is essential.

What you will do:

• Design deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure solutions.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads.
• Deploy and support applications using Docker and Helm.
• Administer AWS cloud resources including RDS Lambda and Amazon S3.
• Build maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines.
• Migrate CI/CD pipelines between platforms including Jenkins to alternative CI/CD solutions.
• Perform infrastructure provisioning and management using Terraform.
• Deploy applications to test and production environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Kubernetes platform issues.
• Manage infrastructure-related operational activities.
• Configure and maintain Vault secrets management.
• Administer security certificates across platform environments.
• Monitor platform performance using Kibana Grafana and Prometheus.
• Support Linux-based infrastructure and systems.
• Manage source code repositories using Bitbucket.
• Collaborate with technical teams to improve platform stability automation and deployment efficiency.
• Maintain technical documentation and operational standards.

Qualifications :

• Demonstrated experience as a Senior DevOps Engineer or in a similar cloud engineering role.
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Experience with Docker and Helm.
• Proven expertise administering Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments.
• Experience managing AWS services including Amazon RDS AWS Lambda and Amazon S3.
• Strong knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience building maintaining and migrating CI/CD pipelines including Jenkins.
• Experience deploying applications across test and production environments.
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools including Kibana Grafana and Prometheus.
• Experience administering Linux environments.
• Experience using Bitbucket for source code management.
• Experience managing Vault secrets and security certificates.
• Strong troubleshooting analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within Agile and DevOps delivery environments.
• UK Passport Holder.
• Eligible to obtain BPSS clearance and transfer SC clearance (approximately seven-week onboarding process).

Additional Information :

Candidates must be legally authorized to live and work in the country where the position is based without requiring employer sponsorship.

HelloKindred is committed to fair transparent and inclusive hiring practices. We assess candidates based on skills experience and role-related requirements.

We appreciate your interest in this opportunity. While we review every application carefully only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

HelloKindred is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex gender identity or expression sexual orientation age national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Contract