AWS DevOps Engineer
London - 4 days per week (non-negotiable)
12 months initial contract
Inside IR35 - -550
Asap Start

We are supporting a global financial services client (hedge fund) on the hire of a mid-level AWS DevOps / Platform Engineer to work within a high-performing technology environment.
This is a hands-on engineering role, focused on building and supporting cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and platform reliability.

Role Responsibilities

• Build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar)
• Support containerised environments (Docker, Kubernetes / EKS)
• Ensure platform stability, monitoring, and performance
• Support deployments, release cycles, and environment setup
• Work closely with engineering teams to enable delivery and best practice

• 4+ experience in DevOps / Cloud Engineering
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS
• Experience with Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
• Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Exposure to Kubernetes / container platforms
• Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments preferred

• AWS (core infrastructure + networking fundamentals)
• Terraform (IaC)
• Kubernetes / EKS
• Docker / containerisation
• CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab or similar)

• Strong hands-on engineer (not an architect / not purely strategic)
• Comfortable working across infrastructure, pipelines, and environments
• Able to operate with a degree of autonomy in delivery teams
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused, and comfortable in fast-paced environments

• This is a high-ownership role with strong engineering expectations
• Preference for candidates with exposure to:
  • Financial services or similar environments
  • High-availability / performance-driven platforms