Delivery Lead - (Cloud & DevOps)
at Alexander Ash
Posted 7 hours ago
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- Compensation
- £700 – £800 GBP
- City
- Newcastle
- Country
- Not specified
Currency: £ (GBP)
This role is for a Delivery Lead with expertise in AWS, DevOps, and cloud engineering to lead and guide delivery teams on a major public-sector digital programme. The successful candidate will shape technical direction, ensure secure and scalable cloud-native solutions, and collaborate across multiple teams to drive delivery.
Contract Role: Delivery Lead (Cloud & DevOps)
Location: Newcastle
Duration: 17 Nov 2025 - 31 Mar 2026
Clearance: SC required
Rate: £700-800p/d (inside IR35)
We're supporting a major public-sector digital programme and seeking an experienced Delivery Lead with strong AWS, DevOps, and cloud engineering expertise. You'll guide delivery teams, shape technical direction, and ensure cloud-native solutions are secure, scalable, and aligned to best practice.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and direct delivery of cloud-based projects
Provide technical guidance across AWS, DevOps, and engineering teams
Build and maintain IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK)
Oversee CI/CD pipelines (CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
Support creation of cloud-native applications (JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, SQL, Docker)
Contribute to discussions on emerging tech, including AI/ML and automation
Collaborate with security, production, and infrastructure teams
Influence and negotiate across teams to drive delivery
Technical Skills
Strong AWS knowledge: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation
Experience with serverless and containerised architectures (ECS, EKS, Fargate)
Monitoring tools: CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana
Coding experience in Python, Java, Node.js, or Go
Awareness of RPA tools (UiPath, Blue Prism) and AI/ML models
