Junior AWS Cloud DevOps Engineer
- birmingham, england, United Kingdom
- Job type not listed
- £55 - £85 Per Hour
Job Description
Apexon is a digital-first technology services firm specializing in accelerating business transformation and delivering human-centric digital experiences. We have been meeting customers wherever they are in the digital lifecycle and helping them outperform their competition through speed and innovation
Apexon brings together distinct core competencies – in AI, analytics, app development, cloud, commerce, CX, data, DevOps, IoT, mobile, quality engineering and UX, and our deep expertise in BFSI, healthcare, and life sciences – to help businesses capitalize on the unlimited opportunities digital offers. Our reputation is built on a comprehensive suite of engineering services, a dedication to solving clients’ toughest technology problems, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital, Apexon now has a global presence.
About the role:
We’re looking for an Associate Cloud DevOps Engineer to support the design, automation, and operation of our cloud runtime platforms. You’ll contribute to infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, and reliability efforts while learning from senior engineers and collaborating with application teams, Tech Risk, and vendor platforms.
What you will do
- Support the design and operation of AWS infrastructure (EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda/ECS/EKS) using CloudFormation and AWS CDK.
- Assist in CI/CD pipeline development and maintenance (GitLab CI/Jenkins/GitHub Actions/AWS Code Pipeline).
- Contribute to observability efforts including metrics, logs, traces, and alerting systems.
- Participate in incident response and post-incident reviews; help reduce MTTR through automation.
- Automate operational tasks using TypeScript and scripting languages; codify ops playbooks.
- Help implement security controls including secrets management, network segmentation, and firewall policies.
- Collaborate on cost optimization strategies and performance tuning.
- Learn and apply best practices across Dev, Runtime, and vendor teams.
- Support Kafka–based eventing and MongoDB–backed services as needed.
- 2–4 years’ experience in DevOps/SRE/Platform Engineering with production AWS experience.
- Experience with CloudFormation and AWS CDK; solid Linux fundamentals and shell scripting.
- CI/CD pipeline exposure (GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or CodePipeline).
- Containers and orchestration (Docker, EKS/ECS); understanding of progressive delivery.
- Proficiency in TypeScript for automation.
- Solid understanding of networking and security (VPCs, routing, security groups, firewalls).
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.
- AWS certification preferred (e.g., AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect).
Preferred qualifications
- GitOps (Argo CD/Flux) and service mesh fundamentals; APM/RUM (Dynatrace/New Relic).
- Operating Kafka and MongoDB in production; experience with microservices & distributed systems.
- Experience in regulated environments (financial services), with audit and control practices.
- PagerDuty administration and on-call program exposure; cost governance/FinOps familiarity.
- Proficiency in Python (or Bash/Go) for automation.
- Familiarity with observability stacks (CloudWatch, Prometheus/Grafana, Splunk/ELK, Datadog) and alerting practices.