DevOps Engineer
6 Month contract initially
Location: Sheffield or Edinburgh. Maximum 3 days per week on site. Whichever is most convenient.
Rate: £500 - £530 p/d (via Umbrella company)
We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a highly experienced DevOps Engineer to join the team.
looking for a highly motivated and experienced Senior Software Engineer to support development of services hosted on Public Cloud platforms. You will leverage your expertise in Software Development, along with your DevOps proficiency across AWS and GCP, to design and implement resilient frontend client, backend services, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native solutions. This is an opportunity to work on high-impact systems within a secure, high-availability environment at one of the world's leading financial institutions.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant backend REST API services along with frontend client using Python, GoLang, Docker and Cloud-Native services.
* Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards.
* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps and Security teams, with a focus on traceability and regulatory controls.
* Manage, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP, ensuring resilience, cost-efficiency, and data security.
* Collaborate closely with infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to meet internal risk, compliance, and governance requirements.
* Support live systems, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.
Key Skills & Experience:
* Demonstrable experience of:
o Public Cloud.
o Infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including Compute, Storage, Networking.
o Linux.
o Relational and NoSQL databases.
o Integration services such as messaging and streams.
o Building RESTful API Services.
o Containerisation, Kubernetes, serverless functions.
o Microservices, and distributed tracing.
o Enterprise logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (e.g., ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
o Automation scripting (using scripting languages such as Terraform, Ansible etc.).
* Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing tools.
* Experience working within an Agile environment.
* Programming experience in following languages: Python, Java, GoLang.
* Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools.
* Good non-functional testing experience.
This is an excellent opportunity on a great project of work, If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply now for your CV to reach me directly, we will respond as soon as possible.
LA International is a HMG approved ICT Recruitment and Project Solutions Consultancy, operating globally from the largest single site in the UK as an IT Consultancy or as an Employment Business & Agency depending upon the precise nature of the work, for security cleared jobs or non-clearance vacancies, LA International welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people with diverse experience and backgrounds.
Award Winning LA International, winner of the Recruiter Awards for Excellence, Best IT Recruitment Company, Best Public Sector Recruitment Company and overall Gold Award winner, has now secured the most prestigious business award that any business can receive, The Queens Award for Enterprise: International Trade, for the second consecutive period.
