DevOps / Platform Engineer – Energy Sector (Contract)

Location: UK (Remote with occasional site visits London)

Contract Length: 12 months (with potential extension)

Rate: £500–£600/day (Outside IR35)

Start Date: ASAP

Sector: Energy

Role:

As a DevOps / Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining the cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines that underpin the organisation’s transformation. You’ll work closely with software engineers, architects, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, automated, and scalable solutions.

Company:

We are supporting a major UK-based energy infrastructure organisation undergoing a large-scale digital transformation programme. This multi-year initiative is focused on modernising legacy systems, migrating to cloud-native platforms, and building scalable, secure infrastructure to support smart operations across the UK.

Key Responsibilities:

* Design and implement cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployment

* Support containerisation and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes

* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure platform reliability and scalability

* Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

* Ensure security best practices across cloud and on-prem environments

* Work alongside OT/SCADA teams to support integration between operational technology and cloud platforms

* Contribute to the secure and reliable deployment of infrastructure in regulated, safety-critical environments

Tech Stack:

* Cloud: AWS (Preffered)

* IaC: Terraform, ARM Templates

* CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins

* Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS)

* Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack

* Security: Azure Key Vault, IAM, RBAC

* Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python

Ideal Candidate:

* Proven experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles within energy, utilities, or infrastructure sectors

* Strong understanding of hybrid cloud environments and enterprise-scale systems

* Experience working on digital transformation or cloud migration projects

* Familiarity with SCADA/OT integration is a strong plus

* Comfortable working in regulated or safety-critical environments