Senior AWS DevOps Engineer for Cloud-Native Healthcare Platform

Posted Date Feb 07, 2026 Employment Type Contract Experience Level Mid-Senior level Location United Kingdom Category ** Devops ** Company **Leap29 **

AWS DevOps EngineerContract | ASAP Start - End Date 31/07/2026 (extension available)Fully RemoteBPSS Eligible Required

We are supporting a long-term programme to modernise a legacy healthcare platform, moving from a traditional PHP-based application to a cloud-native, largely serverless architecture on AWS.

We are looking for a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer who is comfortable getting deep into infrastructure, pipelines and security, and who has previously worked in regulated healthcare environments.

This is a hands-on engineering role rather than a high-level advisory position. You will be expected to design, build, improve and operate the platform day to day.

Key responsibilitiesCloud architecture and platform engineering

Re-platform a legacy PHP application to a modern AWS environment with a strong serverless bias
Design and operate workloads across AWS services including EKS, Lambda, Aurora, DynamoDB, EC2, S3 and API Gateway
Support containerised workloads running on EKS, including cluster configuration, scaling and upgrades
Ensure high availability, performance and cost efficiency across all environments Interested in remote work opportunities in Devops? Discover Devops Remote Jobs featuring exclusive positions from top companies that offer flexible work arrangements.

Infrastructure as Code

Design, build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Manage AWS resources such as networking, IAM, compute, storage and databases via reusable Terraform modules
Support environment parity across Development, Test and Production
Drive cost optimisation and scalable infrastructure patterns

CI/CD and automation

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
Automate build, test and deployment processes for application and infrastructure changes
Improve pipeline reliability, reduce manual steps and minimise deployment risk
Support blue green or rolling deployment strategies where appropriate

Security and compliance

Integrate security scanning into CI/CD pipelines using SAST tools such as SonarCloud and Gitleaks
Identify and remediate security vulnerabilities early in the development lifecycle
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Contribute to improving security posture, IAM policies and secrets management

Testing and quality

Support automated testing strategies across Development and Test environments
Ensure infrastructure and application changes are validated before promotion
Work closely with engineering teams to proactively identify and resolve issues
Support agile delivery practices with fast feedback loops

Required experience

Mid to Senior level AWS DevOps or Platform Engineer
Strong hands-on AWS experience across both serverless and containerised workloads
Solid Terraform experience in production environments
Strong CI/CD experience, ideally using GitHub Actions
Experience integrating security tooling into pipelines
Previous experience working in the healthcare sector
Comfortable working in regulated environments with formal security processes