Target Group
financial services
DevOpsCloudEngineer
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“DevOps Cloud Engineer at Target Group. Skills: DevOps, Cloud Engineering, AWS, Automation, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, Containerisation, Kubernetes, Networking, Security. Design and engineer AWS cloud platforms. Automate everything through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code”
What You'll Achieve.
shape highly scalable, resilient and secure cloud-native platforms; enabling fast, reliable and repeatable delivery
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
AWS cloud services across compute, networking, storage and security, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines and Git-based workflows, Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS), Scripting or programming (Python, Bash, PowerShell), Cloud networking fundamentals (VPCs, routing, DNS, load balancers, firewalls)
Nice to Have
Experience with large-scale data or analytical platforms, Cloud security or network security engineering experience, Multi-cloud exposure (Azure or GCP), Mentoring or technical leadership experience, AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps, Security, FinOps), Knowledge of Zero Trust, SIEM/SOC or Control Tower environments
What You'll Do.
Design and engineer AWS cloud platforms
Automate everything through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
Build and operate modern platforms using containerised
serverless and microservice-based architectures
Design and maintain cloud networking and connectivity
Embed security-by-design
Ensure reliability and observability through effective monitoring
alerting and incident response practices
Optimise cloud performance and cost
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
work as an embedded DevOps Software Engineer within our platform teams; collaborative DevOps community
Full Job Description
**DevOps Cloud Engineer** **Hybrid | Permanent | Up to £45,000** At **Target Group** , we design and build platforms that power some of the UK’s most critical financial services. We’re not just about technology — we’re about **people, partnerships and progress**. We’re looking for a **DevOps Software Engineer** with a passion for cloud engineering, automation and secure-by-design platforms. This role brings together expertise across **AWS cloud infrastructure, DevOps engineering, networking and security** , giving you the opportunity to shape highly scalable, resilient and secure cloud-native platforms. We welcome candidates from **a range of DevOps specialisms** – whether your strength is AWS engineering, platform automation, cloud networking, security, or a blend of all four. **What’s it like to work here?** You’ll be part of a collaborative DevOps community that truly values **engineering excellence and wellbeing**. * Regular 1:1s with meaningful feedback on your contribution * Recognition for a job well done via our **My Recognition** portal * A supportive, fun culture where curiosity and innovation are encouraged * Clear pathways to grow and progress your career * Engineers trusted to design, automate and own solutions end to end **What will you be doing?** You’ll work as an embedded DevOps Software Engineer within our platform teams, designing, building and operating secure, scalable AWS environments. * **Design and engineer AWS cloud platforms** using services such as EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, API Gateway and CloudFront, aligned to AWS Well-Architected principles. * **Automate everything** through CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation), enabling fast, reliable and repeatable delivery. * **Build and operate modern platforms** using containerised, serverless and microservice-based architectures. * **Design and maintain cloud networking and connectivity** , including VPCs, routing, transit gateways, hybrid
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