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eDV DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) - AWS, Kubernetes - Contract Outside IR35. . We are supporting a specialist engineering consultancy delivering secure technology platforms to high-profile UK government organisations. They are seeking an eDV Cleared DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with strong experience across AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD and Linux environments to support the continued growth of critical cross-domain systems. This contract role will focus on improving platform reliability, automation, infrastructure as code, observability and DevOps practices across both cloud and on-premise environments. You will work closely with software engineers, platform engineers and operations teams to ensure highly secure, scalable and resilient systems supporting sensitive government programmes. Location: Cheltenham (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) Rate: 500- 650 per day Outside IR35 Security Clearance: Active eDV Clearance required Start Date ASAP As a DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer, you will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, and reliability of services supporting sensitive government programmes. You will collaborate with multiple feature development teams and BAU/support teams to evolve both cloud and on-premise infrastructure, delivery pipelines, and observability tooling. The role will focus on improving system reliability, monitoring, automation, and performance, while proactively identifying and mitigating operational risks. This position may also involve participation in an on-call rota, which could include occasional 24/7 call-out support. Key Responsibilities: Collaborate with software engineering teams to improve subsystem reliability and performance. Work with system administrators to automate operational processes and reduce manual effort. Enhance monitoring and observability capabilities to proactively detect and resolve issues. Support development environments to improve delivery speed and quality. Contribute to the evolution of infrastructure, DevOps practices, and CI/CD pipelines. Research and evaluate new technologies and tools to support engineering decisions. Develop expertise across multiple technical and business domains. Required Skills & Experience Active eDV clearance is essential configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or similar Strong Terraform Docker containers and container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker Swarm) maintaining and using CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins Monitoring and observability experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or InfluxDB event-driven integration and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or other AMQP solutions Strong Linux command line, administration, and shell scripting experience Solid understanding of relational databases and SQL network security protocols Working with cloud platforms, ideally AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda) Azure a plus Please send your CV to Laura at (url removed) to progress matters. Services Advertised are those of Employment Business.

AR226 - Linux DevOps Engineer Location: Shrivenham, Swindon Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 Overview: First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Linux DevOps Engineer on behalf of one of our clients. You will be part of a small, agile and talented team responsible for developing, building and supporting of Linux and open source solutions within a secure managed services context along with diagnosing and resolving problems with existing Linux infrastructure. Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration. Duties and Responsibilities: Design and improve our secure Linux hosted offerings over multiple platforms. Support the development and implementation of Open Source and DevOps tooling for use internally and with our customers. Provide 3rd line technical support and fault resolution to 1st/2nd line support teams. Provide technical advice, and act as a focal point for technical personnel within their area of responsibility. Help drive adoption of automation tooling throughout the business. Understanding and knowledge of Agile/Scrum working practices. DevOps toolsets, Linux OS deployments and maintenance. A working knowledge of TCP/IP Networking. Knowledge and understanding of OS security hardening techniques. Skills and Qualifications: A minimum of 2 years' experience working within a Linux engineering environment and a working experience of DevOps. Enterprise Linux OS (Red Hat, CentOS, Oracle). CI/CD pipelines. DevOps toolsets including Terraform, Git, Packer and Vault. Configuration management - Ansible or Puppet. Database administration (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB or InfluxDB). Discipline to follow ITIL best practices and ISO9001, ISO20000, & ISO27001 certifications. Discipline to follow development and deployment best practices. Analytical & Problem solving skills. Excellent Time Management & organisational skills. A flexible approach to work at all times and the commitment to ensure tasks are completed to deadline. Work autonomously or as part of a Team. Prepared to travel when necessary to customer site or other locations. Ability to obtain (without restrictions) Security Clearance to at least SC level. Desirable: Network technologies (LAN, WAN, Cisco switching, Juniper and Fortinet security products) and working knowledge of TCP/IP networking. Virtualisation management experience - VMware, XenServer, OpenStack or Hyper-V. Working knowledge of Kubernetes or Openshift. Red Hat Satellite. Linux PKI. Red Hat Certified Systems Administrator or equivalent experience. Red Hat Satellite. Kubernetes Certified Administrator. VMware Cloud Native Master Specialist. Location: Shrivenham, Swindon Salary: £50,000 - £60,000