Cloud Ops & DevOps

Role: Cloud Ops & Dev Ops Engineer

Location: Basildon (Onsite, 5 Days/Week)

Type: Permanent

My client, a leading financial services organization, is seeking a Cloud Ops & Dev Ops 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.

• 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 Git Lab 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 strategies

• Minimum 7 years of IT experience in large‑scale environments (preferably financial)
• At least 4 years of hands‑on Dev Ops experience
• Strong command of Kubernetes and kubectl
• Helm chart management
• AWS infrastructure and services
• Git Lab CI/CD and Git branching strategies
• Linux and bash scripting
• SSL diagnostics and connectivity troubleshooting
• Familiarity with incident, change, release, and problem management processes

If 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.