DevOps Engineer

Hereford
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Job Role: DevOps Engineer (AWS)
Location: Hereford (3 days a week on-site)
Salary: £80,000 – £110,000 DOE

Are you an experienced DevOps Engineer with AWS expertise, looking for a role that directly contributes to meaningful, high-impact solutions?

We’re hiring for one of the UK’s fastest-growing tech companies, recently recognised in the Sunday Times 100. Founded by an ex-military communications specialist with a clear vision to grow a multinational tech engineering firm in a country with incredible engineering heritage, the company is hailed for the genuine, real-world impact of their tech solutions.

In this role, you'll directly contribute to tech used by defence agencies, security agencies, and first responders – improving secure communication, helping decision-making, and supporting real-time responses in frontline operations.

The role offers the chance to combine AWS, artificial intelligence, and edge computing to work toward a meaningful mission. Your expertise will be key in building and optimising secure and reliable infrastructure.

What You'll Do:

  • Design, build, and manage secure, scalable AWS cloud environments.

  • Deploy and manage infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.

  • Utilise edge computing to deliver secure, low-latency solutions.

  • Collaborate closely with technical teams, ensuring solutions align with security and operational standards.

    What You’ll Bring:

  • Willingness to go through SC clearance (essential due to the sensitive nature of projects).

  • Proven AWS experience, ideally within secure environments.

  • Experience integrating public and private cloud infrastructures to deliver unified hybrid cloud solutions.

  • Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible.

  • Knowledge or experience with Kubernetes and Docker.

  • Proficiency in Python or Golang.

    Company Culture:

    This organisation provides a supportive, down-to-earth working environment focused on collaboration, learning, and growth.

  • Flat company hierarchy

  • Personal training budgets

  • Senior mentoring and internal accelerator programmes

  • Flexible working

  • Outcomes-driven

    Benefits On Offer:

  • Health and wellness: Private medical insurance, health cash plan, and virtual GP services.

  • Financial security: Income protection, generous pension contributions, financial coaching and payroll charitable giving.

  • Lifestyle and family support: Enhanced parental leave, cycle-to-work and EV schemes, plus complimentary daily lunches and snacks.

    This is a great opportunity to contribute to a role that combines technical challenges with meaningful impact, in a supportive, fast-growing environment.

    Apply today for immediate consideration or reach out directly for further information.

    Job Role: DevOps Engineer (AWS)
    Location: Hereford (3 days a week on-site)
    Salary: £80,000 – £110,000 DOE

    Keywords: DevOps Engineer, Cloud Engineer, DevOps Consultant, Cloud Consultant, Cloud Infrastructure, AWS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Golang, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Git

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