DevOps Engineer - Reed : Job Details

Reed Technology is working with an amazing company located in Edinburgh, seeking a DevOps Engineer join their team on an initially 6-month contract basis (Inside IR35 working via an Umbrella Company).

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions.

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

• Manage stakeholder expectations, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.

• Support smooth transitions from development to operations, ensuring operational readiness.

• Provide ongoing monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimisation of systems, including incident resolution and root cause analysis.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Previous experience as a DevOps engineer, designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and reliable cloud solutions.

• Solid experience with AWS, ideally including AWS DevOps Engineer certification.

• Ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with infrastructure changes, applying appropriate change management processes.

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Kubernetes (K8s), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Docker, and AWS Lambda.

• Previous experience working closely with developers, testers and the remaining technical team.

• Strong knowledge of security best practices, including implementing security changes and addressing security issues.

• Exposure to Ping Identity – formerly known as ForgeRock is highly desirable.

Benefits:

• Initial 6-month contract Inside IR35, with the possibility to extend.

• Daily rate up to £400 / day.

• Hybrid working (1 to 2 days per week, on-site in Edinburgh).