DevOps AWS Consultant

Req ID: 334976

Competitive salary | UK: Hybrid - 3 days/week Sheffield or London (on site) + 2 days/week remote

At NTT DATA, we know that with the right people on board, anything is possible. The quality, integrity, and commitment of our employees are key factors in our company’s growth, market presence and our ability to help our clients stay a step ahead of the competition. By hiring the best people and helping them grow both professionally and personally, we ensure a bright future for NTT DATA and for the people who work here.

NTT DATA is currently looking for a DevOps AWS Consultant on a hybrid basis (Sheffield or London) for our growing team in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain highly available, secure, and performant backend REST API services along with frontend client using Python, GoLang, Docker and Cloud-Native services.

• Implement and manage database schema changes using Liquibase, ensuring alignment with compliance and audit standards.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with DevOps and Security teams, with a focus on traceability and regulatory controls.

• Manage, monitor, and optimize cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP, ensuring resilience, cost-efficiency, and data security.

• Collaborate closely with infrastructure, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to meet internal risk, compliance, and governance requirements.

• Support live systems, perform root cause analysis, and implement solutions for incidents and performance bottlenecks.

Qualifications and experience

The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience.
• Comes from Software Engineering background with infrastructure experience.
• 5+ years of development experience with a strong focus on large-scale, distributed systems.
• Proficient in Python and GoLang.
• Experience with Liquibase or similar tools for database change management and version control.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP, including cloud-native services, networking, IAM, and cost optimization. Experience with other cloud providers is desirable.
• Proven experience with DevOps practices, including Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform), CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI), and containerization.
• Strong understanding of security principles in cloud and enterprise systems.
• Familiarity with audit and compliance considerations in regulated industries, particularly finance or banking.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences.
• A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, using appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success.

Essential Skills

• Demonstrable experience of:
  • Public Cloud.
  • Infrastructure build and configurations of a variety of services including Compute, Storage, Networking.
  • Linux.
  • Relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Integration services such as messaging and streams.
  • Building RESTful API Services.
  • Containerisation, Kubernetes, serverless functions.
  • Microservices, and distributed tracing.
  • Enterprise logging, monitoring, and alerting frameworks (e.g., ELK, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana).
  • Automation scripting (using scripting languages such as Terraform, Ansible etc.).

• Experience of working with Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD) and continuous testing tools.
• Experience working within an Agile environment.
• Programming experience in following languages: Python, Java, GoLang.
• Good understanding of cryptography (authentication, data encryption).
• Ability to quickly acquire new skills and tools.
• Good non-functional testing experience.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working in financial services or other regulated environments.
• AWS/GCP certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect, Google Professional Cloud Engineer).

Benefits

Our people are the most critical component of our long-term success and their health and wellbeing are our priority. You will enjoy a comprehensive, locally competitive benefits package.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion trusted global innovator of business and technology services. We serve 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and are committed to helping clients innovate, optimize and transform for long term success. As a Global Top Employer, we have diverse experts in more than 50 countries and a robust partner ecosystem of established and start-up companies. Our services include business and technology consulting, data and artificial intelligence, industry solutions, as well as the development, implementation and management of applications, infrastructure and connectivity. We are one of the leading providers of digital and AI infrastructure in the world. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3.6 billion each year in R&D to help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. Visit us at us.nttdata.com

Whenever possible, we hire locally to NTT DATA offices or client sites. This ensures we can provide timely and effective support tailored to each client’s needs. While many positions offer remote or hybrid work options, these arrangements are subject to change based on client requirements. For employees near an NTT DATA office or client site, in-office attendance may be required for meetings or events, depending on business needs. At NTT DATA, we are committed to staying flexible and meeting the evolving needs of both our clients and employees. NTT DATA recruiters will never ask for payment or banking information and will only use @nttdata.com and @talent.nttdataservices.com email addresses. If you are requested to provide payment or disclose banking information, please submit a contact us form, https://us.nttdata.com/en/contact-us.

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