Job Description
Interim DevOps Engineer (Contract) | Hybrid | Newcastle HQ Outside Ir35, initial 3 month contract.
We're looking for an experienced
Interim DevOps Engineer
to join our growing SaaS business on an initial contract. This is a hands-on role where you'll work across our cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes platform and wider technology estate, helping to maintain, improve and scale our environments.
You'll be part of a collaborative engineering team, contributing to platform reliability, automation and operational excellence. The role is predominantly remote, with regular travel to our
Newcastle HQ
as required.
What you'll be doing
- Managing and improving our AWS cloud infrastructure
- Supporting and optimising Kubernetes workloads and container platforms
- Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code and automation
- Enhancing CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes
- Monitoring platform health, performance and security
- Collaborating with engineering teams to deliver resilient, scalable solutions
- Supporting both cloud infrastructure and wider IT environments where required
Cloud \& Platform
- AWS: EKS, ECS, ECR
- Application Load Balancer (ALBv2)
- WAF
- Route53
- CloudWatch
- OpenSearch
- RDS (MySQL)
- ElastiCache (Redis)
- S3
- Lambda
- IAM
- Organizations
- SQS \& SNS
- Global Accelerator
- AWS Transfer Family
DevOps \& Automation
- Kubernetes
- Rancher
- Docker
- Git \& GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- Terraform / OpenTofu
- Ansible
- Grafana
We're looking for someone who has
- Proven experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role
- Strong AWS infrastructure expertise
- Commercial Kubernetes experience
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform or OpenTofu preferred)
- Docker and containerisation expertise
- Solid Linux administration skills
- A proactive, hands-on approach with excellent troubleshooting abilities
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work closely with engineering and technical stakeholders
If you're an experienced DevOps Engineer who enjoys working in modern cloud environments and can quickly add value to a fast-paced SaaS business, we'd love to hear from you.