AMS PSR

On behalf of the Cabinet Office, we are looking for a DevOps Engineer (Inside IR35) for a 3 Months contract based REMOTELY.

The Cabinet Office supports the Prime Minister and ensures the effective running of government. The Cabinet Office is also the corporate headquarters for the government, in partnership with HM Treasury, and takes the lead in certain critical policy areas. More information about the Cabinet Office can be found on its website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office

As a DevOps Engineer your main responsibilities will be:

• You will manage and optimise AWS resources, including EC2 for scalable computing, CloudFront for content delivery, and WAF and ALB for securing and load-balancing applications.
• You will design and implement VPC networks to ensure secure and efficient communication between services. Your expertise with Terraform will be critical in automating infrastructure provisioning and deployments, while your experience with Docker and ECR will support containerised application deployment.
• Additionally, you will construct and manage code pipelines to automate testing, integration, and deployment processes, contributing to a streamlined development workflow.

Essential:

• Proficient in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and has extensive experience with services such as EC2, CloudFront, WAF, ALB, VPC, and ECR.
• The ideal candidate will have a robust understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and experience in building and maintaining code pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
• In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our cloud infrastructure, while implementing best practices for security and operational efficiency.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.

Disability Confident 

As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group. This scheme encourages candidates with a disability and/or neurodivergence to apply.

Armed Forces Covenant

The Cabinet Office guarantees to interview veterans or spouses / partners of military personnel who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of ex-military candidates / military spouses or partners, who meet all of the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following "this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different".