Contractor Cloud DevOps Engineer (AWS, Rust, Python)

We’re looking for a Cloud DevOps Engineer who is passionate about cloud security, automation, and building modern, scalable infrastructure. This is a hands-on role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and takes ownership of delivering secure, reliable systems on AWS using Terraform.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, maintain, and enhance secure AWS infrastructure using Terraform (including EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and related services).
• Develop and maintain internal tooling and automation scripts.
• Lead and optimise CI/CD pipelines, including deployment automation, rollback strategies, and release management.
• Define and meet reliability and availability targets, implementing proactive monitoring and alerting.
• Champion cloud security by enforcing best practices, conducting threat modelling, and performing regular vulnerability assessments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support continuous improvement and high-quality software delivery.
• Write and maintain scripts and tools in Python, Rust, and other languages as needed.
• Support high-availability systems, disaster recovery testing, and infrastructure incident response.
• Identify opportunities for automation, improved documentation, and team enablement.

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering roles.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services (IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, etc.).
• Proficiency in Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices.
• Solid understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, encryption, and network security.
• Experience with Python and/or Rust, and a willingness to learn new technologies.
• Familiarity with containerisation (Docker) and orchestration tools.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch).
• A proactive, problem-solving mindset and a focus on automation, reliability, and continuous improvement.

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