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Role: Cloud Ops & DevOps Engineer

Location: Basildon (Onsite, 5 Days/Week)

Type: Permanent

My client, a leading financial services organization, is seeking a Cloud Ops & DevOps Engineer to join their App Ops team and support a dynamic AWS-based infrastructure. This is a hands-on role focused on cloud configuration, microservices orchestration, and deployment automation across multiple tenants.

Responsibilities

Support AWS services including Transfer Family, EC2, and EFS
Manage Kubernetes clusters with 70+ microservices across environments
Maintain and promote Helm Charts from development to production
Implement blue-green and canary deployments using Argo Rollouts
Daily usage and support of ArgoCD for continuous delivery
Configure and troubleshoot Istio Service Mesh
Build and maintain GitLab CI/CD pipelines for upper environments
Apply Git branching strategies in multi-environment setups
Support environment builds and new client onboarding
Collaborate with performance and chaos testing teams
Provide Level 3 support for production releases and deployment strategiesRequired Skills

Minimum 7 years of IT experience in large-scale environments (preferably financial)
At least 4 years of hands-on DevOps experience
Strong command of Kubernetes and kubectl
Helm chart management
AWS infrastructure and services
GitLab CI/CD and Git branching strategies
Linux and bash scripting
SSL diagnostics and connectivity troubleshooting
Familiarity with incident, change, release, and problem management processesIf you meet the required skills and experience, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now.

Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business