devops engineer in cloud infrastructure

Rayo, part of UBDS Group, helps organisations design, build and operate secure, resilient cloud environments, focusing on public sector and other complex, regulated environments. UBDS Group supports entrepreneurs developing technology solutions across cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI.

• Lead the design, build and evolution of secure AWS cloud infrastructure and DevOps capabilities;
• Design and maintain scalable, secure and automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub;
• Own infrastructure-as-code approaches using Terraform;
• Define and promote engineering standards, patterns and best practices across delivery teams;
• Embed automation across build, test, deployment and operational workflows;
• Apply DevSecOps and security-by-design principles throughout the delivery lifecycle;
• Design, deploy and operate containerised workloads using Kubernetes and AWS services such as ECS and EKS;
• Work with architects and security specialists on cloud architecture, networking, identity, security and integration requirements;
• Implement monitoring, observability, logging and alerting for resilient services;
• Provide technical leadership during complex troubleshooting and resolution of infrastructure and deployment issues;
• Engage with clients and technical stakeholders to understand requirements, explain technical decisions and provide recommendations;
• Mentor and support engineers;
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering practices, automation, reliability and delivery efficiency.

• Eligible to obtain and maintain SC clearance;
• Significant hands-on experience designing, building and operating solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS);
• Strong knowledge of AWS compute, networking, identity, security and container services;
• Strong experience designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or GitHub;
• Demonstrable expertise with Terraform and infrastructure-as-code at scale;
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes architecture and operating containerised workloads in cloud environments;
• Good understanding of DevSecOps, OWASP principles and security-by-design;
• Experience designing and implementing monitoring, logging and observability solutions;
• Strong scripting skills using Python, Bash, PowerShell or similar;
• Experience making technical design decisions and providing engineering leadership within multidisciplinary teams;
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across complex cloud environments;
• Confidence working directly with clients and communicating technical concepts, decisions and recommendations;
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments;
• Experience supporting and mentoring other engineers;
• Nice to have: Current SC clearance, AWS Professional-level certification, experience delivering solutions for public sector, defence or other regulated clients, experience working within secure environments, experience contributing to technical designs, architecture decisions and engineering standards.

• Training and personal development options;
• Private medical cover for the employee and spouse/partner via Vitality;
• Discretionary bonus based on personal and company performance;
• 25 Days of holiday, plus 1 day for birthday and 1 day for work anniversary, in addition to UK bank holidays;
• Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice;
• Contributed Pension Scheme;
• Death in service cover.