Up to £425 per day - Inside IR35

London / Primarily Remote

6 months

My client is an instantly recognisable consultancy who require 2 DevOps Engineers with Active SC Clearance for an end client within the Public Sector.Key Requirements:

• Proven commercial experience working as a DevOps Engineer within the Public Sector.
• Active SC Clearance.
• Strong experience with Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu), AWS, and high-availability Kubernetes environments (EKS/RKE) including load balancing and multi-site failover.
• Proficient in containerisation and orchestration using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Skilled in IaC and automation with Terraform, Ansible, and supporting cloud-native platform modernisation.
• Hands-on with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI), Git version control, and automated delivery practices.
• Experienced with monitoring and observability tooling such as Prometheus and Grafana.
• Knowledge of data and streaming technologies including Kafka, MongoDB, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, plus PKI, secrets management, and IAM.
• Excellent communication skills.

Nice to have:

• Puppet, KeyCloak, Vault, and experience supporting microservice architectures.
• Immediate availability.

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Role Overview
We are seeking an experienced Systems Administrator. This senior-level role is responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our cloud infrastructure and enterprise network environments.

Cloud Infrastructure Management

• Design, deploy and manage cloud environments across Azure and Oracle Cloud platforms (or similar is fine) as the Senior Systems Administrator
• Administer cloud-native services including virtual machines, containers, serverless functions and managed databases
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC)

Network Administration

• Design, implement and maintain enterprise network infrastructure including LAN, WAN and (site-to-site) VPNs
• Administer and configure firewalls, routers, switches, and load balancers (Cisco, Sophos, Palo Alto or similar)
• Manage DNS, DHCP and IP address management (IPAM) across all environments
• Oversee network performance monitoring, troubleshooting and capacity planning
• Manage BGP, OSPF and VLAN configurations in complex multi-site environments
• Implement and maintain network segmentation, zero-trust architecture principles and micro-segmentation

Automation & DevOps Integration

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, Python or Bash to streamline operations
• Contribute to GitOps practices and maintain version-controlled infrastructure configurations
• Implement monitoring and alerting solutions (e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)

Essential Requirements

• Hands-on experience as a Systems Administrator working heavily with cloud and network administration
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking protocols
• Experience with firewall administration and network security policy management

Senior Systems Administrator

We’re looking for a DevOps Engineer to design, build, and maintain the infrastructure that powers digital products used by millions. You’ll play a key role in automation, cloud architecture, and deployment, working with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions.

Day to day:

• Build and manage AWS infrastructure with Terraform
• Automate deployments and CI/CD pipelines
• Run containerised environments with Kubernetes & Docker
• Ensure reliability, observability, and security across systems
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and clients to shape infrastructure decisions

Essential:

• Strong experience in DevOps or Cloud Engineering
• Expertise in AWS services (EC2, RDS, S3, Route 53, EKS, CloudWatch, CloudFront, etc.)
• Solid knowledge of Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with monitoring tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana) and security best practices
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset with strong communication skills

Why you’ll love it:

This is a chance to own meaningful infrastructure decisions, automate at scale, and grow your skills in a team that values curiosity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Please apply now if you are meeting the above criteria, or contact Andrew Harrison directly.

Skills:
AWS Terraform Kubernetes CI/CD ELK Prometheus Grafana

Benefits:
Work From Home

Responsibilities:

• Assess the current state of monitoring and observability across applications.
• Provide proactive alerting & visualization by creating actionable dashboards for applications and alerting strategies.
• Establish and promote monitoring best practices.
• Act as an escalation point for incidents and provide strategic guidance and recommendations to engineering and operations teams.
• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform and Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell) to automate monitoring setups.

Key Skills:

• Solid experience with APM, monitoring, observability and event management tools including Datadog, Dynatrace/AppDynamics, Grafana.
• Experience with JSON and Scripting languages such as Python, Bash, PowerShell or JavaScript for automation of tasks.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and IaC (Infrastructure as Code).
• Strong in analytical and problem-solving skills for diagnosing complex issues
• Effective in communication, individual leadership, and cross-functional team collaboration.
• Ability to think outside the box, sensitivity towards business impacts, and self-awareness to refine processes.
• Proficiency in broader aspects of monitoring and observability (APM, System Monitoring, Logs, Tracing, Visualization, Reporting and Integration)
• Certified professional in Dynatrace/AppDynamics or ITIL is desirable.

We’re seeking a IT Service Performance & Reliability Manager to take ownership of performance, capacity, and resilience across critical IT services. This role focuses on keeping customer-facing services fast, reliable, and fully observable, while driving continuous improvement.

You will lead observability across services, ensuring effective monitoring and actionable insights. You’ll manage capacity and performance through forecasting and trend analysis, identifying risks early and driving improvements. Ensure resilience and availability are built into services from the outset, while supporting continuity planning and risk management. Working closely with technical teams and stakeholders, you’ll help resolve issues and deliver ongoing service improvements.

Key Requirements

• Experience managing capacity and performance in IT environments
• Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure
• Strong knowledge of ITIL v3/v4 (certification required)
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (e.g. Zabbix, Grafana, Kibana, OpenSearch)
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux server environments
• Scripting skills (e.g. Python, PowerShell, Node.js)
• Experience integrating data via APIs, webhooks, or messaging
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

Desirable:

• DevOps exposure
• Network infrastructure and communications protocols knowledge
• Experience with social alarm platforms

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact on service performance and resilience, we encourage you to apply.

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Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform) £550–£650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract | Remote Overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an established project delivering within a modern, cloud-first environment. You’ll be joining a lean, high-performing team, where DevOps is central to delivery not an afterthought. This role offers a high level of ownership, with the opportunity to shape infrastructure, improve reliability, and influence engineering best practices across the wider team. We’re looking for someone with deep Azure and Terraform expertise, who is comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity, while also mentoring others and driving improvements across CI/CD, observability, and security. Role & Responsibilities Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including modules, state management, and pipelines Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar) Improve platform reliability, observability, and security across environments Take ownership of infrastructure and deployment processes within a fast-moving delivery team Collaborate closely with engineers to embed DevOps best practices and scalable patterns Mentor team members on infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering principles Identify and address performance bottlenecks, risks, and areas for improvement Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking Skills and Experience Experienced DevOps Engineer Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure (AKS, networking, identity, storage) Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally within Azure DevOps Strong scripting capability (Bash, Python, or PowerShell) Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor) Ability to operate in a hands-on role within a small or fast-paced team Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with engineering teams Desirable Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-104) Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) and secrets management

Salary: 70,000 - 75,000
Location: Remote
Contract: 6-month FTC

Role Overview:

Our client is looking for an experienced Network Monitoring Specialist to support a major network infrastructure rollout on a 6-month fixed-term basis.

This is a hands-on role focused on designing, implementing and commissioning monitoring capability across newly deployed network and fibre infrastructure. The priority is to ensure the environment is fully visible, measurable and supportable from day one.

The role would suit someone with strong experience across network observability, alerting, telemetry, dashboards, service health, performance baselining and operational handover. The client is open to different monitoring backgrounds, particularly where candidates have worked with tools such as VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Zabbix, InfluxDB, Telegraf, SolarWinds, PRTG, Datadog, Elastic, OpenTelemetry, SNMP, NetFlow/IPFIX or syslog pipelines.

You will work closely with network engineering and operational teams to deliver reliable monitoring at pace within a project-led environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy monitoring solutions across newly delivered network infrastructure.
• Build monitoring capability that provides clear visibility of network health, performance and service availability.
• Work with monitoring and observability platforms such as VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Zabbix, InfluxDB, SolarWinds, PRTG, Datadog, Elastic or similar.
• Support metrics ingestion, retention, alerting, dashboarding and performance visibility.
• Build or support streaming telemetry pipelines to provide real-time visibility across the network.
• Implement and refine alerting workflows for service health, escalation and operational response.
• Develop dashboards and reporting views to support engineering and operational teams.
• Commission monitoring across network devices, access infrastructure and Layer 1-3 equipment.
• Define baseline performance metrics, thresholds and SLA-led alerting.
• Work closely with network and operational teams to align monitoring with changing infrastructure requirements.
• Support analytics-led monitoring for anomaly detection and predictive fault identification where relevant.
• Improve monitoring architecture, tooling, documentation and handover processes.
• Produce clear runbooks, escalation paths and operational guides.
• Support knowledge transfer into internal technical teams.

What We’re Looking For:

• Previous experience in a senior network monitoring, network engineering or observability-focused role.
• Experience working in a telecoms, ISP, managed network or large-scale infrastructure environment.
• Strong understanding of network monitoring principles, including alerting, telemetry, dashboards, service health and performance baselining.
• Hands-on experience with monitoring or observability tools such as VictoriaMetrics, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Zabbix, InfluxDB, Telegraf, SolarWinds, PRTG, Datadog, Elastic, OpenTelemetry or similar.
• Experience with network data sources and protocols such as streaming telemetry, gNMI, gRPC, SNMP, NetFlow/IPFIX or syslog.
• Good understanding of time-series monitoring, metrics ingestion, retention and performance visibility.
• Strong networking fundamentals across TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs and optical or fibre environments.
• Familiarity with dashboarding, alert tuning, service health monitoring and operational reporting.
• Exposure to AI/ML-led monitoring, anomaly detection or predictive fault identification would be beneficial.
• Scripting or automation experience, such as Python or Bash, would be advantageous.
• Comfortable working independently and delivering against defined project milestones.
• Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proactive, detail-focused and comfortable solving problems without heavy direction.

Why Consider This Role?

This is a strong opportunity to join a business delivering a major network infrastructure programme, in a role where monitoring and observability are central to successful delivery.

You will be taking ownership of a critical technical area rather than simply maintaining an existing setup. The focus is on making sure newly deployed infrastructure is properly monitored, operationally ready and reliable from day one.

For someone with strong network monitoring experience, this offers a focused 6-month project where you can make a visible impact across a live network environment, using a range of modern monitoring, telemetry and observability technologies.

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70,000 - 75,000 (pro-rata)
6-month FTC

Role Overview:

Our client, a growing technology and infrastructure business, is looking for an experienced Network Monitoring Engineer to support a major network infrastructure programme.

This is a hands-on role focused on building, improving and commissioning monitoring capability across newly deployed infrastructure and network equipment. The business needs someone who can ensure the environment is visible, measurable and supportable from day one.

A key part of the role will be working with VictoriaMetrics in a production environment, including configuration, optimisation, ingestion, retention and performance tuning. You will also work across streaming telemetry, Nagios, Grafana and wider observability tooling.

This would suit someone with strong network monitoring experience who is comfortable taking ownership of a critical technical workstream in a project-led environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and deploy monitoring solutions across newly delivered network infrastructure.
• Configure, optimise and tune VictoriaMetrics for production network monitoring.
• Support metrics ingestion, retention, query performance and long-term platform reliability.
• Build streaming telemetry pipelines to provide real-time visibility across the network.
• Implement and manage Nagios-based monitoring for alerting and service health.
• Develop dashboards in Grafana, or similar, to support engineering and operational teams.
• Commission monitoring across network devices, access infrastructure and Layer 1-3 equipment.
• Define baseline performance metrics, thresholds and SLA-led alerting.
• Work closely with network and operational teams to align monitoring with changing infrastructure requirements.
• Support the use of analytics-led monitoring for anomaly detection and predictive fault identification.
• Improve monitoring architecture, tooling, documentation and handover processes.
• Produce clear runbooks, escalation paths and operational guides.
• Support knowledge transfer into internal technical teams.

What We’re Looking for:

• Strong hands-on experience with VictoriaMetrics in a production environment.
• Previous experience in a senior network monitoring, network engineering or observability-focused role.
• Experience working in a telecoms, ISP, managed network or large-scale infrastructure environment.
• Good understanding of time-series monitoring, metrics ingestion, retention and performance tuning.
• Solid knowledge of Nagios, including configuration, plugins and alerting workflows.
• Experience with streaming telemetry tools and protocols such as gNMI, gRPC, Telegraf or gNMIc.
• Strong networking fundamentals across TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, VLANs and optical networks.
• Familiarity with Grafana, Prometheus or similar observability tools.
• Exposure to AI/ML-led monitoring, anomaly detection or predictive fault identification would be beneficial.
• Knowledge of SNMP, NetFlow/IPFIX or syslog pipelines would be useful.
• Scripting or automation experience, such as Python, would be advantageous.
• Comfortable working independently and delivering against defined project milestones.
• Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proactive, detail-focused and comfortable solving problems without heavy direction.

Why Consider this Role?

This is a strong opportunity to join a business delivering a major network infrastructure programme, in a role where monitoring and observability are central to successful delivery.

You will be taking ownership of a critical technical area rather than simply maintaining an existing setup. The focus is on making sure newly deployed infrastructure is properly monitored, operationally ready and reliable from day one.

For someone with strong VictoriaMetrics experience, this offers a focused 6-month project where you can make a visible impact across a live network environment.

Modis International Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers in the UK. Modis Europe Ltd provide a variety of international solutions that connect clients to the best talent in the world. For all positions based in Switzerland, Modis Europe Ltd works with its licensed Swiss partner Accurity GmbH to ensure that candidate applications are handled in accordance with Swiss law.

Both Modis International Ltd and Modis Europe Ltd are Equal Opportunities Employers.

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Role: Senior Azure DevOps Engineer (Kafka)

Location: Remote (UK)

Salary: £75k + 10% Bonus

Key Skills:

• Azure
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Kafka
• Data platforms

Overview

We’re partnering with a fast-growing SaaS organisation building a modern, data-driven platform that powers better insight into behaviour, performance, and collaboration at scale.

They’re scaling their platform capability and are now looking for a Platform Engineer to help design, build, and evolve their cloud and data infrastructure.

This is a hands-on role spanning cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and data platform engineering.

The Role

You’ll work across Azure cloud infrastructure and data platforms, helping to build scalable, secure systems and improve how data flows across the organisation.

You’ll also play a key role in improving deployment processes, system reliability, and overall platform performance, working closely with software and data teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and manage scalable Azure cloud infrastructure
• Own Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (essential)
• Support GitHub-based release and deployment workflows
• Work with Kafka for event-driven streaming and real-time data movement
• Support and evolve data platforms (Databricks ideal)
• Build and maintain data pipelines (batch + streaming / ETL / ELT)
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and performance
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve developer experience

Requirements

• Strong Azure cloud experience
• Background in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE
• Strong experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD (essential)
• Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform experience
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
• Experience with Kafka or similar streaming platforms
• Experience with Databricks or modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Synapse, BigQuery)
• Strong understanding of data pipelines and distributed systems
• Focus on automation, scalability, and reliability

Nice to Have

• Lakehouse or large-scale data platform experience
• Observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus)
• SaaS / high-growth product experience
• Strong developer experience mindset

DevOps Engineer (Performance Testing)

6 Months Contract + extension

£600 per day (Inside IR35)

Remote working

Please note active SC Clearance is needed for the role

A leading global consultancy is looking for an experienced hybrid devOps and Performance specialist to superhead critical national infrastructure projects. You will essentially ensure the resilience and scalability of a massive cloud-native environment. This is a high-visibility role where you will bridge the gap between infrastructure stability and rigorous performance validation.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure & CI/CD: Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment cycles.
• Performance Engineering: Lead the charge on system reliability by executing complex performance test runs, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing upgrades.
• System Integrity: Proactively monitor the service environment, diagnosing faults within the cloud infrastructure and delivering detailed technical reports.
• Collaboration: Work as a core member of the DevOps and Infrastructure teams to ensure seamless environmental upgrades and stability.

Essential Skills

• Cloud Infrastructure: Deep hands-on experience with AWS.
• Orchestration: Proven expertise in Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Automation & Scripting: Strong proficiency in Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• CI/CD Tooling: Expert knowledge of Jenkins and Concourse.
• Performance Testing: Extensive experience writing test strategies and using tools such as JMeter, K6, Postman, or Swagger.
• Infrastructure as Code: Solid experience with Ansible.
• Observability: Proficiency with monitoring and logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK).
• Testing Philosophy: A background in both manual testing and automated performance validation.

6 Months Contract + extension | £600 per day (Inside IR35) |Remote working

Please note active SC Clearance is needed for the role

If this seems of interest then please apply directly to the AD or send your CV to

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Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform)£550–£650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract | RemoteOverviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an established project delivering within a modern, cloud-first environment.You’ll be joining a lean, high-performing team, where DevOps is central to delivery not an afterthought. This role offers a high level of ownership, with the opportunity to shape infrastructure, improve reliability, and influence engineering best practices across the wider team.We’re looking for someone with deep Azure and Terraform expertise, who is comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity, while also mentoring others and driving improvements across CI/CD, observability, and security.Role & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including modules, state management, and pipelines
• Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar)
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and security across environments
• Take ownership of infrastructure and deployment processes within a fast-moving delivery team
• Collaborate closely with engineers to embed DevOps best practices and scalable patterns
• Mentor team members on infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering principles
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, risks, and areas for improvement
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking

Skills and Experience

• Experienced DevOps Engineer
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure (AKS, networking, identity, storage)
• Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally within Azure DevOps
• Strong scripting capability (Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Ability to operate in a hands-on role within a small or fast-paced team
• Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with engineering teams

Desirable

• Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-104)
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) and secrets management

Senior DevOps Engineer (Azure / Terraform)£550–£650 per day | Outside IR35 | 6 Month Contract | RemoteOverviewAn exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior DevOps Engineer to join an established project delivering within a modern, cloud-first environment.You’ll be joining a lean, high-performing team, where DevOps is central to delivery not an afterthought. This role offers a high level of ownership, with the opportunity to shape infrastructure, improve reliability, and influence engineering best practices across the wider team.We’re looking for someone with deep Azure and Terraform expertise, who is comfortable operating in a hands-on capacity, while also mentoring others and driving improvements across CI/CD, observability, and security.Role & Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including modules, state management, and pipelines
• Develop and maintain CI/CD workflows (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar)
• Improve platform reliability, observability, and security across environments
• Take ownership of infrastructure and deployment processes within a fast-moving delivery team
• Collaborate closely with engineers to embed DevOps best practices and scalable patterns
• Mentor team members on infrastructure, automation, and platform engineering principles
• Identify and address performance bottlenecks, risks, and areas for improvement
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking

Skills and Experience

• Experienced DevOps Engineer
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure (AKS, networking, identity, storage)
• Solid experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, ideally within Azure DevOps
• Strong scripting capability (Bash, Python, or PowerShell)
• Experience implementing monitoring and observability solutions (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor)
• Ability to operate in a hands-on role within a small or fast-paced team
• Strong communication skills and experience working collaboratively with engineering teams

Desirable

• Azure certifications (AZ-400, AZ-104)
• Experience with policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel) and secrets management

London

mainly Remote, but might require to travel to the offices as and when required - Croydon or London.

12-Month Contract

£662/day (Umbrella)

SC Clearance Required

Inside IR35

About the Role

We re looking for experienced AWS Cloud Engineers / Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to join a high-impact programme delivering secure, scalable cloud platforms.

This role sits at the intersection of cloud engineering and reliability, focusing on building resilient systems, improving automation, and ensuring production environments run smoothly and efficiently.

You ll play a key role in designing, building, and operating modern cloud infrastructure while driving DevOps best practices across teams.

What You ll Be Doing

• Designing, building, and supporting scalable AWS infrastructure (e.g., Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS)
• Managing and improving CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI
• Implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability with Amazon CloudWatch and Grafana
• Automating infrastructure, deployments, and operational processes
• Managing live environments and ensuring high availability and performance
• Troubleshooting incidents and resolving complex production issues
• Collaborating with engineering teams to improve system reliability and delivery speed

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, networking, and container platforms like Amazon EKS
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI)
• Proven ability to monitor and troubleshoot systems using Amazon CloudWatch and/or Grafana
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, routing, firewalls)
• Experience working in live production environments
• Solid scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash)
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting ability

Desirable Experience

• Kubernetes and container orchestration (e.g., Amazon EKS)
• Experience with artifact repositories such as JFrog Artifactory
• Knowledge of network security tools (WAF, IDS/IPS, e.g., Suricata)
• Experience with AWS Landing Zones and multi-account environments

Additional Information

• Candidates must be eligible for SC Security Clearance
• This is a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment requiring strong ownership and initiative
• Interview process: Technical interview via Microsoft Teams

Senior Cloud / DevOps Architect

Remote (Europe) | AI-First Platform | GCP / Kubernetes

A product-led tech company is hiring a Senior Cloud / DevOps Architect to build and scale the core cloud infrastructure powering its next-generation platform.

This is a foundational, high-urgency hire without this role, nothing else ships. Youll architect a production-grade, auto-scaling microservices platform designed to handle high-volume, real-world workloads.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy cloud-native infrastructure (GCP preferred)
• Own Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform / CDK) and define reusable golden path templates
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
• Design for auto-scaling, resilience, and failure testing (chaos engineering)
• Manage container orchestration (Kubernetes / GKE / EKS)
• Implement observability, monitoring, and performance tuning

Requirements

• Strong experience with AWS or GCP at production scale (multi-AZ, auto-scaling systems)
• Deep expertise in Terraform (or similar IaC tools)
• Hands-on with Kubernetes / containerised microservices
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines and observability stacks (e.g. Datadog, Grafana)

Nice to have: N8N or workflow tooling, zero-trust security, regulated environments (FinTech / PropTech)

Details

• Remote: Europe time zones preferred
• Type: Full-time (contract-to-hire considered)
• Start: Urgent / immediate priority

• Aws Networking
• Infrastructure
• You are pioneering and innovative and want to be part of the cutting-edge and disruptive crypto currency world
• You are eager to learn new knowledge in both financial and technical fields
• You thrive in a non-hierarchical organization with a casual working environment
• You are flexible and dedicated

Team / Role

As a Platform Engineer, you will:

• Act as infrastructure SME for a 24x7x365 globally distributed ethical web scraping function, supporting a multi region high frequency operation
• Be able to proactively analyze, drive, and own, performance and process improvements along all parts of the chain
• Collaborate closely with development team in terms of architecture/prioritization
• Liaise closely and collaboratively with central infrastructure team, in terms of common infrastructure/improving standards across the estate
• Work effectively in a global multi-cloud set up, in terms of initiating/managing relationships, evaluation/onboarding of new providers, and improving internal processes in line with best-of-breed industry practices
• Be a Linux/network stack expert and utilise that knowledge in the context of tuning/optimization and production support
• Support the platform during business hours, and out-of-hours as part of a rota, and proactively chase ways to reduce/design out manual support overhead

Required skillset

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a STEM subject from a recognised university
• Minimum 2 years of solid working experience in an infrastructure, DevOps, or Platform engineer role
• Production experience in a global cloud environment. Demonstrable AWS and strong networking experience in a multi-region and/or multi-cloud set up is essential.
• Demonstrable basic development or scripting experience in one or more of the following languages: Bash, Python, Java, C#, Rust, Excel VBA
• Solid Linux / network stack knowledge, as well as optimization/tuning

Nice to haves

• Containerization (Docker / Kubernetes) in a production environment
• Monitoring tools in a production environment (Prometheus / Grafana / ELK stack / Splunk)
• IaC tooling (Terraform, Ansible etc)

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Huxley, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy Registered office 8 Bishopsgate, London, EC2N 4BQ, United Kingdom Partnership Number OC(phone number removed) England and Wales

We’re seeking a Service Performance & Resilience Manager to take ownership of performance, capacity, and resilience across critical IT services. This role focuses on keeping customer-facing services fast, reliable, and fully observable, while driving continuous improvement.

You will lead observability across services, ensuring effective monitoring and actionable insights. You’ll manage capacity and performance through forecasting and trend analysis, identifying risks early and driving improvements. Ensure resilience and availability are built into services from the outset, while supporting continuity planning and risk management. Working closely with technical teams and stakeholders, you’ll help resolve issues and deliver ongoing service improvements.

Key Requirements

• Experience managing capacity and performance in IT environments
• Hands-on experience with AWS and Azure
• Strong knowledge of ITIL v3/v4 (certification required)
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (e.g. Zabbix, Grafana, Kibana, OpenSearch)
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux server environments
• Scripting skills (e.g. Python, PowerShell, Node.js)
• Experience integrating data via APIs, webhooks, or messaging
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills

Desirable:

• DevOps exposure
• Network infrastructure and communications protocols knowledge
• Experience with social alarm platforms

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact on service performance and resilience, we encourage you to apply.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Cloud & Network Administrator to join our growing customer as they expand their IT division. This senior-level role is responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our cloud infrastructure and enterprise network environments.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Management

• Design, deploy and manage cloud environments across Azure and Oracle Cloud platforms
• Administer cloud-native services including virtual machines, containers, serverless functions and managed databases
• Implement and maintain infrastructure-as-code (IaC)

Network Administration

• Design, implement and maintain enterprise network infrastructure including LAN, WAN and (site-to-site) VPNs
• Administer and configure firewalls, routers, switches, and load balancers (Cisco, Sophos, Palo Alto or similar)
• Manage DNS, DHCP and IP address management (IPAM) across all environments
• Oversee network performance monitoring, troubleshooting and capacity planning
• Manage BGP, OSPF and VLAN configurations in complex multi-site environments
• Implement and maintain network segmentation, zero-trust architecture principles and micro-segmentation

Automation & DevOps Integration

• Develop and maintain automation scripts using PowerShell, Python or Bash to streamline operations
• Contribute to GitOps practices and maintain version-controlled infrastructure configurations
• Implement monitoring and alerting solutions (e.g. Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana)

Essential Requirements

• Hands-on experience in cloud and network administration
• Deep expertise in at least one major cloud platform: Microsoft Azure (preferred), Oracle Cloud, AWS or GCP
• Strong knowledge of enterprise networking protocols: BGP, OSPF, MPLS, VLANs, QoS
• Experience with firewall administration and network security policy management

Cloud & Network Administrator

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Remote

Experience Level: Mid-Senior

Salary: (Apply online only) per day

Job Summary

We’re looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across multiple cloud providers. You’ll be responsible for deploying backend and frontend applications, managing databases, and ensuring secure, reliable integrations across AWS, GCP, and Azure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Manage application deployments for both backend and frontend services
• Set up, configure, and maintain databases (SQL and/or NoSQL)
• Configure and manage API Gateway services for secure and scalable API access
• Set up and maintain SMTP services for transactional and system emails
• Manage and configure Azure Active Directory / Azure Tenant, including access and identity management
• Handle DNS management, domain configuration, and traffic routing
• Monitor system performance, reliability, and security
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation (IaC)
• Troubleshoot deployment, networking, and infrastructure issues
• Collaborate with developers to optimise deployment workflows

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience with AWS Cloud services
• Hands-on experience with GCP
• Experience deploying and managing frontend and backend applications
• Solid understanding of database setup, configuration, and backups
• Experience with API Gateway (AWS API Gateway or equivalent)
• Knowledge of SMTP configuration and email delivery services
• Experience managing Azure Tenant / Azure AD
• Proficiency in DNS management and networking fundamentals
• Familiarity with Linux-based systems
• Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)

Nice to Have

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi)
• Containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Monitoring & logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Security best practices and IAM management
• Multi-cloud architecture experience

If you are interested in this role, please contact Mia at (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

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