DevOps Engineer - Contract - Inside IR35

Contract DevOps Engineer (Terraform / AWS / Kinesis)

Location: London (2 days per week onsite)
Rate: £350/day (Inside IR35)
Contract: Part-time (2 days per week)
Start: ASAP

Overview

We are seeking a DevOps Engineer with strong experience in Terraform and Amazon Web Services to support the build, deployment, and ongoing operation of a cloud-based platform.

This role is primarily focused on infrastructure, environment support, and CI/CD reliability, with exposure to event streaming technologies such as Amazon Kinesis.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure & Environment

• Provision and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform

• Support environment setup, configuration, and readiness

• Manage IAM roles, networking, and secure access controls

• Handle secrets, certificates, and platform configuration

AWS & Event Streaming

• Support provisioning and maintenance of AWS services

• Work with event streaming solutions (Kinesis or similar)

• Assist with architectural decisions where required

CI/CD & Deployment

• Troubleshoot and resolve pipeline issues (build failures, vulnerabilities, artefact issues)

• Support and improve CI/CD pipelines for feature-level deployments

• Ensure reliable and repeatable deployment processes

Support & Incident Management

• Investigate and triage platform issues and failures

• Perform root cause analysis and coordinate with relevant teams

• Unblock infrastructure-related issues impacting delivery

Monitoring & Reliability

• Support monitoring and alerting for platform services

• Work with Ops teams to ensure high availability and reliability

• Contribute to ongoing platform stability improvements

Additional Responsibilities

• Support integration with upstream/downstream systems

• Assist with performance testing (including latency improvements where required)

• Contribute reusable components, utilities, and best practices

• Provide documentation and handover to operations teams

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform (modular infrastructure preferred)

• Solid experience with AWS (IAM, networking, core services)

• Experience troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines

• Background in DevOps / Platform Engineering roles

• Strong problem-solving and incident triage skills

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Amazon Kinesis or other streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka)

• Exposure to monitoring and alerting tools

• Experience working in complex, integrated environments

• Awareness of performance optimisation (e.g. latency improvements)

Working Pattern

• 2 days per week onsite in London

• Flexible engagement with potential to scale depending on project needs

Ideal Candidate

• Hands-on and proactive DevOps engineer

• Comfortable working across build, deployment, and support

• Able to operate in a fast-paced, evolving environment

• Strong communicator with a collaborative mindset