Senior DevOps Engineer Consultant at Strategic Imperatives, Woking, 3-6 Months, £Contract Rate (Outside IR35)

Senior DevOps Engineer Consultant - CloudFormation to Pulumi Migration (Outside IR35)

Contract Type: Fixed-term project delivery (3-6 months), Outside IR35.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior DevOps Engineer Consultant to lead a critical infrastructure migration project. You will be responsible for taking ownership of and driving the migration from Serverless/CloudFormation to Pulumi within a live production environment. This is a results based engagement focussing on achieving defined deliverables within an agreed timeframe.

Project Deliverables:

• Lead, refine, execute and complete the migration plan of AWS infrastructure from Serverless/ CloudFormation to Pulumi.
• Ensure minimal disruption and maintain system stability through to the completion of the migration.
• Documentation of the new infrastructure and migration process.
• Collaborate with the engineering team to integrate the new infrastructure into code-base, CI/CD and ongoing development within the contract duration.
• Troubleshoot and rapidly/efficiently resolve any issues that arise during and after the migration.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Expertise in developing and maintaining IaC with Pulumi, Terraform, and CloudFormation.
• Previous successful delivery migrating from CloudFormation to Pulumi in a production environment.
• Strong programming skills in JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Deep understanding of the AWS stack, including: API Gateway, Cognito, SNS/SQS, ALB, VPC, Global Accelerator, Redis, DynamoDB, and OpenSearch.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (Bitbucket Pipelines) and orchestration tools (SpaceLift).
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Bash, Node.js).
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies and experience working in an agile team using collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence).

Commercial Terms:

• Daily rate payable based on completion of agreed project activities and deliverables.
• Invoicing on a monthly basis for days allocated to project deliverables
• Consultant responsible for own tax arrangements and insurance
• No payment for days not worked (including holidays, illness, etc.)
• Expenses to be agreed in advance and billed separately if required

About us

Strategic Imperatives are recognised as the UK market leaders in fixed line provisioning with award-winning multi-carrier solutions for Local Loop Unbundling, Wholesale Line Rental, Fibre and traditional broadband as well as the channel premier SaaS billing platform.

Our products are used by 200 of the UK’s largest communication providers to manage millions of lines, traditional broadband and fibre connections.

Our SaaS billing platform Elevate, has shaken the stagnant billing market and brought an outdated process up to date and into the heart of our customer's processes.

Our most recent innovation is the wholesale fibre aggregation gateway, The Fibre Café. This is a ground-breaking solution to the challenge of connecting multiple AltNets and Service Providers rapidly and cost-effectively. It eliminates the “spaghetti” approach to integration and provides a single interface underpinned by a modern API, common processes and a unified order journey.

Who will you work with?

Our international development team spans the UK, Ireland and Lisbon.

Our goal is to have a constant focus on delivering business value through delivering useful features earlier and with less wasted effort. We believe in an inclusive working environment where everyone feels they belong without having to conform, that their contribution matters and they are able to perform to their full potential, no matter their background, identity or circumstances.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Woking: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• DevOps: 3 years (preferred)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Woking

Application deadline: 04/06/2025
Reference ID: SI2507