DevOps Engineer

About the Role

We're partnered with an established and fast-growing digital solutions provider who are seeking a skilled AWS DevOps Engineer to join their London-based team. The successful candidate will play a critical role in building and maintaining the company’s scalable cloud infrastructure, ensuring secure, reliable, and high-performing systems. This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative and forward-thinking tech environment working on platforms that support large-scale, high-traffic applications.

Key Responsibilities

AWS Cloud Infrastructure

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable infrastructure using key AWS services (EC2, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, EFS, Elasticache, etc.)
• Manage cloud networking, security configurations, and availability zones

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Automation

• Use tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, and Docker to automate infrastructure deployment
• Develop and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery

Security & Governance

• Enforce AWS security best practices including IAM roles, policies, and encryption
• Manage WAF configurations, compliance requirements, and security event monitoring
• Collaborate with internal teams on policies and standards

Database & Performance Optimization

• Oversee RDS management, backup strategies, failover configurations, and performance tuning
• Optimize caching using Elasticache to boost system performance

Monitoring, Observability & Reliability

• Build observability frameworks using CloudWatch, Grafana, InfluxDB, and Elasticsearch
• Implement proactive alerting and escalation processes to maintain uptime and responsiveness
• Develop logging strategies that offer deep system insights

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Partner with development, QA, and product teams to support delivery pipelines and deployment readiness
• Contribute to the design of scalable and fault-tolerant systems from early development stages

About the Candidate

Ideal Experience Required

• Solid experience in a DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure role with a strong emphasis on AWS
• In-depth knowledge of AWS core services and cloud-native design principles
• Proficiency in Terraform and/or CloudFormation for infrastructure management
• Strong scripting capabilities (e.g., Python, Bash)
• Experience with Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or ECS
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or AWS CodePipeline
• Solid understanding of cloud networking, security protocols, and compliance standards
• Hands-on experience with modern monitoring/logging platforms
• A collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset with excellent communication skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or relevant field (or equivalent work experience)

About the Company

Star Recruits (UK) is an established and fast-growing digital solutions provider. They focus on creating scalable solutions for high-traffic applications, contributing to the rapidly evolving tech landscape in London.

Company Culture and Benefits

• £80K base salary
• Remote working with the need to be in the London office one day a week
• Opportunity to work on both greenfield and existing projects
• Great career development opportunities
• Part of a fast-growing organisation

If this sounds like an exciting challenge you would like to know more about, please apply and we will be in touch to discuss the opportunity further.