AWS DevOps Engineer

Programme Name: LCST

Location: Remote with attendance at Leidos UK Bristol or Customer sites as required

Were ready for you to unleash your potential!

Role Overview:

We are seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to join the LCST Programme team. As part of a high-performing Agile team you will design implement and support secure scalable cloud infrastructure using a tailored SAFe Agile SecDevOps Scrum process. Youll apply DevOps best practices and cloud-native design principles leveraging AWS services and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive automation and continuous delivery across environments.

This role also includes hands-on work with automated testing deployments and infrastructure monitoringalongside participation in Agile ceremonies risk mitigation activities and collaborative solution design. Cross-functional flexibility across systems engineering software development testing and security is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrated experience in managing source code with GIT including pull requests branching strategies (Trunk-based GitFlow) and collaborative version control workflows
• Expertise in designing and managing AWS cloud infrastructure including services like EC2 ECR ECS ECK ASG VPC RDS Load Balancers Lambda IAM ports R53 etc
• Strong proficiency in IAC using Terraform and Ansible to provision configure and maintain secure and scalable cloud environments
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins implementing automation for building testing and deploying applications across multiple environments
• Proven ability to write and maintain scripts and automation tools using Bash Python and PowerShell to enhance operational workflows and eliminate manual tasks
• Familiarity with containerisation using Docker and orchestration best practices along with configuration management using Ansible.
• Knowledge of secrets management and access control using tools like Vault and IAM policies ensuring secure handling of credentials and sensitive information
• Strong understanding of AWS security best practices including encryption patching monitoring least privilege access and compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience in implementing and managing backup recovery and disaster recovery strategies to ensure data protection and business continuity
• Ability to implement robust monitoring and logging solutions e.g. CloudWatch to ensure system reliability observability and proactive incident response
• Comfortable working in Agile development teams translating business requirements into technical solutions and actively participating in sprint planning retrospectives and daily stand-ups
• Capability to design scalable resilient and cost-effective cloud-native solutions that meet availability and performance objectives
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and implement effective mitigation strategies in complex environments
• Understanding of routing traffic management and load balancing including configuration of NGINX and AWS-native tools for optimizing traffic flow.
• Experience with structured release and change management processes including deployment governance rollback strategies and versioning control.
• Awareness of Java application environments and deployment considerations is a plus for supporting platform-wide consistency and integrations
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement attitude regularly identifying opportunities to enhance delivery pipelines infrastructure and development practices
• Proficiency in designing and managing SNS topics for event-driven architectures integrating notifications with Lambda or external systems to support decoupled and scalable cloud workflows
• Hands-on experience using Atlassian tools such as Jira Confluence and Bitbucket to support Agile delivery documentation collaboration and CI/CD pipeline management
• Working knowledge of Active Directory and ADFS for identity and access management including group policy management SSO and integration with cloud authentication services

Desired Skills:

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional or equivalent certification
• Proficiency in Terraform AWS CDK or CloudFormation
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management
• Strong scripting skills (e.g. Python PowerShell Bash)
• ITIL Foundation Certification or experience with ITIL-based environments

Clearance Requirements:

• Clearance to StartBPSS
• Clearance for Role SC
• Must be a UK Citizen and based in UK for the duration
• Must have or be able to obtain a UK SC Clearance

Leidos UK! Join our team and discover a culture of collaboration innovation diversity trust caring management communication transparency work-life balance and overall job satisfaction...

What we do for you:
At Leidos we are PASSIONATE about customer success UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference. We offer meaningful and engaging careers a collaborative culture and support for your career goals all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance.
We provide an employment package that attracts develops and retains only the best in talent. Our reward scheme includes:
Contributory Pension Scheme
Private Medical Insurance
33 days Annual Leave (including public and privilege holidays)
Access to Flexible benefits (including life assurance health schemes gym memberships annual buy and sell holidays and a cycle to work scheme)

Commitment to Diversity:

We welcome applications from every part of the community and are committed to a truly diverse and inclusive culture. We foster a sense of belonging welcoming all perspectives and contributions and providing equal access to opportunities and resources for everyone. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages please let us know and we will respond in a way that best fits your needs.

Who We Are:

The Logistics Commodities & Services Transformation (LCST) Programme for the UK Ministry of Defence is a critical effort to enhance and improve the UKs defence supply chain. The programme provides essential services such as storage and distribution for the MODs materiel including a global freight service and the procurement and inventory management of 70000 commodity NATO Stock Number (NSNs).

Working together as Team Leidos we are helping to transform the UKs defence supply chain by providing an integration of a complex mixture of services at low risk using a modern suite of systems that will deliver one version of the truth. For the first time the MOD will see the whole picture as it is happening.

What Makes Us Different:

Purpose: you can use your passion and abilities at Leidos to keep the people you care about safe. We are at the forefront of machine learning AI cyber security and solutions. Using your skills in the technology frontline by helping to build a safer world. You can inspire change.

Collaboration: having flexibility to do your job is one of our core benefits enabling you to become part of our extraordinary team. We have been empowering our people to work flexibly for years. Whether you work from home the office or on customer sites we will give you the digital tools and the flexibility to work smarter and align your needs and ours.

People: Leidos empowers people from every background to be themselves and gives you the tools to learn new skills by enabling growth whilst developing. We believe that extraordinary people need opportunities to grow to be inspired and to inspire others. At Leidos we invest in technical academies career rotations and a career development plans that enhance your future.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range: