Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS

Position Description The Senior DevOps Engineer works with the DevOps & Cloud Engineer Lead and software engineering teams to build, automate and support the cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities that underpin the Digital Product portfolio. The role is primarily hands-on, with a focus mainly on AWS, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and automation. The successful candidate will help implement established platform standards and patterns, support application teams and progressively take ownership of defined areas of the platform. Key Responsibilities Build, configure and maintain AWS infrastructure supporting applications and services. Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, following established platform patterns and standards. Build and maintain AWS amplify pipelines across Dev, UAT and Production environments, supporting application onboarding, infrastructure deployment and CI/CD processes. Automate infrastructure and operational processes using PowerShell, Bash, Python and other appropriate tooling. Support the deployment and operation of applications and supporting AWS services. Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve cloud infrastructure, deployment and pipeline issues. Identify opportunities to improve automation, reliability, security and operational efficiency. Contribute to technical standards, documentation and reusable tooling, staying current on emerging technologies and actively sharing knowledge across the team. Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams including software developers, testers, architects, security, enterprise platform teams and project managers. Essential Qualifications / Experience Computer Science, Information Technology or related degree, or equivalent practical experience. Hands-on experience with AWS is required and experience with other cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure is advantageous. Experience with Git/Bitbucket and CI/CD concepts. Experience with Infrastructure as Code with Terraform experience highly desirable. Practical scripting or automation experience using PowerShell, Bash, Python or a similar language. Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts including networking, identity, access management and security. Experience with, or understanding of, deploying and supporting applications in a cloud environment. Experience with AWS Amplify, DynamoDB, Lambda, API gateway, Cloudformation, WAF, IAM, Jenkins would be highly desirable. Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) and familiarity with integrating LLM APIs into workflows. Understanding of software development practices including source control, pull requests and code review. Good communication skills – written and verbal. Demonstrated problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. Takes ownership of assigned work and follows tasks through to completion. The ability to occasionally work outside normal business hours, including weekends. Primary Technologies Cloud platforms — AWS (primary), Azure or equivalent Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) CI/CD Pipeline (GIT/Bitbucket/Jenkins) Scripting and automation (PowerShell, Bash, AWS CLI Python) Monitoring & observability (Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, CloudWatch Logs) Atlassian Jira / Confluence