23 contract infrastructure engineer jobs found

Job Title: Senior AWS DevOps Engineer (Contract) Location: Remote, must be based in the UK Rate: £500 - £550 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: 6 months A leading organisation within the technology sector is seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to lead on the delivery of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. This contract role focuses on building and optimising AWS environments, enabling robust serverless and containerised applications, and supporting data-driven platforms. AWS DevOps Engineer Responsibilities: Deliver Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including modules, state management, and remote backends Lead on AWS cloud architecture across services such as EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, ECS, and Lambda Develop and maintain serverless and event-driven architectures Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using Git-based workflows Ensure AWS security best practices (IAM, least privilege, secrets management) are implemented Drive cost optimisation and...

SC Cleared VMware vSphere Engineer (Outside IR35 | 3 Month) Location: 5 days onsite: Corsham / Portsmouth (Onsite) Rate: £450-£500 per day (Outside IR35) Contract: Short-Term - 3 Month Overview We’re looking for an SC Cleared VMware vSphere Engineer to support a critical, short-term requirement within a live operational environment. You’ll be joining an established support function responsible for maintaining and stabilising legacy VMware infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Provide hands-on support across VMware vSphere 6.7 environments Work within a live system, ensuring minimal disruption to services Support incident management, troubleshooting, and resolution Collaborate closely with an existing support/resolver team Contribute to system stability and ongoing operational performance Essential Experience Strong experience with VMware vSphere (version 6.7) Active SC Clearance (mandatory) Background in live operational/support...

Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract We’re hiring multiple Senior Go Backend Engineers (contractors) to join a large-scale public sector transformation programme delivered by a highly regarded product consultancy. This work is focused on moving critical systems away from a legacy C# ecosystem into a modern, scalable, cloud-native architecture. You’ll be joining cross-functional teams responsible for building resilient backend services that support high-impact, user-facing products used at national scale. This is a 6-month initial contract, ideal for engineers who enjoy working on meaningful systems, solving complex migration challenges, and delivering production-grade backend services, fast. The Role | Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day |...

Cyber Security Engineer | £500 - £550 We're working with a rapidly expanding global professional services powerhouse on this exciting opportunity. This is a high-impact contract for a hands-on security specialist to drive critical infrastructure projects and lead global roll-outs across a sophisticated enterprise environment. You will be at the forefront of their cyber resilience strategy, taking full ownership of major deployments including Netskope and CyberArk while ensuring the business maintains elite-level compliance standards. If you are a proactive engineer who thrives on technical delivery and infrastructure hardening, this 3-month initial engagement (with high extension potential) is for you. The Role Lead the end-to-end global roll-out of Netskope across an international office network to enhance SASE and cloud security. Take full technical ownership of CyberArk implementation, including configuration, policy definition, and ongoing administration. Drive...

DV Infrastructure Engineer £500 - £600 A Day Outside IR35 Bristol (Hybrid 3 Days A Week) 6 Month Contract iO Associates are currently partnered with a customer in the Defence space who need a DV Infrastructure Engineer to join them on an initial 6-month contract. Requirements: Existing DV (Developed Vetting) clearance DevOps and container technologies (GitLab, Harbor, FluxCD, Kubernetes) Strong VMware skills Strong understanding of networking principles Relevant certifications (VMware, Microsoft, Dell or security) are highly desirable Understanding of Elastic tools If you're an Infrastructure Engineer looking for acontract offering up to £600 A DAY OUTSIDE IR35 , then send an updated CV to A.brewer@ ioassociates.co.uk. The client is looking to interview candidates NEXT WEEK so if interested, please send across a CV ASAP.

Job Title: Senior AWS DevOps Engineer (Contract) Location: Remote, must be based in the UK Rate: £500 - £550 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: 6 months A leading organisation within the technology sector is seeking an experienced AWS DevOps Engineer to lead on the delivery of scalable, secure cloud infrastructure. This contract role focuses on building and optimising AWS environments, enabling robust serverless and containerised applications, and supporting data-driven platforms. AWS DevOps Engineer Responsibilities: Deliver Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, including modules, state management, and remote backends Lead on AWS cloud architecture across services such as EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, ECS, and Lambda Develop and maintain serverless and event-driven architectures Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using Git-based workflows Ensure AWS security best practices (IAM, least privilege, secrets management) are implemented Drive cost optimisation and...

Working Model: Onsite – 5 days per week/ Some hybrid work may be available Location: Corsham (advertised location due to portal limitation) Actual requirement includes Portsmouth and/or Corsham (on-site) Contract Length: Short-Term Contract Security Clearance: Active SC required (mandatory) Rate: £500.00-£550.00 IR35 Status: Outside IR35 Overview We are seeking experienced SC-cleared VMware vSphere engineers to support an urgent, short-term requirement within a live operational environment. This role involves augmenting an existing support team managing legacy VMware infrastructure. Clearance Due to the secure nature of the programme, candidates must hold active UK Security Clearance (SC) clearance . Key Responsibilities Provide hands-on support for VMware vSphere 6.7 environments Work within a live/operational system with minimal disruption Assist with incident resolution and system stability Collaborate with an existing...

Data Platform Engineer (GCP, PySpark, Airflow) - Contract Rate : £550 - £575 per day Outside IR35 Location : Remote (UK) Travel : London once per month (preferred) Duration : 3 months (initial) Start : ASAP The Role We're hiring a Data Platform Engineer (GCP, PySpark, Airflow) to support a modern data platform/Lakehouse environment . This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building and optimising data pipelines , while also contributing to the underlying platform and infrastructure. You'll work closely with the data engineering team, delivering production-grade pipelines and ensuring systems are reliable, scalable, and performant. Key Responsibilities Design and build end-to-end data pipelines (PySpark/SQL) Develop and manage workflows using Airflow (DAGs, scheduling, orchestration) Work with BigQuery for large-scale data processing and analytics Monitor, debug, and optimise pipelines for performance and...

Middleware Migration Engineer - IBM WAS to Linux - Contract - Outside IR35 - 6 months - Hybrid - Berkshire 2 days a week TrinIT Talent are looking for a Middleware Migration Specialist to come on board for a 6 month initial contract based in Berkshire 2 days a week and 3 days remote. This role falls Out of Scope of IR35 and is paying £ per day. Key Responsibilities Design and execute migration strategy from IBM WebSphere Application Server to Red Hat Build automation to migrate applications, configurations, and dependencies Develop reusable tooling and scripts to enable repeatable migration patterns Work with messaging integrations including IBM MQ Automate build, deployment, and configuration processes Analyse existing WAS environments and map to Red Hat equivalents Identify migration risks, compatibility issues, and remediation approaches Collaborate with infrastructure, application, and DevOps teams Key Skills Strong experience with IBM...

Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract We’re hiring multiple Senior Go Backend Engineers (contractors) to join a large-scale public sector transformation programme delivered by a highly regarded product consultancy. This work is focused on moving critical systems away from a legacy C# ecosystem into a modern, scalable, cloud-native architecture. You’ll be joining cross-functional teams responsible for building resilient backend services that support high-impact, user-facing products used at national scale. This is a 6-month initial contract, ideal for engineers who enjoy working on meaningful systems, solving complex migration challenges, and delivering production-grade backend services, fast. The Role | Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day |...

🚨 VMware Engineer x5 roles – SC Cleared | Contract Opportunities 🚨 We’re currently looking for 5 experienced VMware Engineers to join a secure, high-impact environment. 📍 Location: Corsham (4–5 days onsite) 🔐 Clearance: Active SC Clearance required 💼 Contract: Outside IR35 💰 Rate: £425/day (flexible up to £450/day for the right candidate) 🔧 Key Responsibilities Provide hands-on administration and support of VMware vSphere 6.7 environments (ESXi & vCenter) Diagnose and resolve incidents within a live production environment, ensuring minimal disruption Support BAU operations and resolver group activities across virtual machines, storage, and networking Manage full VM lifecycle (provisioning, cloning, migration, decommissioning) Monitor cluster health, including HA/DRS configurations and resource utilisation Perform performance tuning and optimisation across virtual infrastructure Troubleshoot host, datastore, and virtual networking (vSwitch /...

Senior Cloud Engineer Initial 3-month contract outside of IR35/Liverpool Our client is working with a third party to assess their current estate to develop a strategic plan for modernising their platforms and cloud adoption approach. They are looking to an Infrastructure focused Cloud Specialist at Architectural level to work with their technical teams and this partner as a linchpin to ensure that the assessment, recommendations, and proposed roadmap are fully aligned with their operational needs and longer-term initiatives. As part of you remit you will: You will act as a technical representative for our client with the third-party partner and ensure that their recommendations are technically sound, feasible, and aligned with our client's strategy Provide our client with an informed, independent oversight of architectural design and hybrid cloud direction Support the development of a modern, scalable, secure hybrid cloud vision and roadmap Support uplift in...

Azure DevOps Engineer Outside IR35 | £400-£450 per day | 6-month initial contract Leeds (up to 2 days onsite per week) We're seeking an experienced Azure DevOps Engineer to play a key role in designing, building, and supporting scalable cloud platforms. This position centres on driving CI/CD excellence, automating infrastructure, and enabling engineering teams to deliver securely and efficiently. Key responsibilities: Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments (dev, test, production) Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) approaches Support and optimise cloud-based platforms within Azure Promote and embed DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across delivery teams What we're looking for: Strong experience within Azure, particularly in data-driven environments (Databricks exposure highly beneficial) Proficiency with CI/CD tooling such as Azure DevOps and/or GitHub Actions Hands-on experience with Terraform or Bicep for...

Observability Engineer - Appvia - Datadog Migration Specialist Location:  UK - Remote - with Offices in London Contract:  6 weeks (Outside IR35) Day Rate:  £400 - 500 per day Start Date:  ASAP About Appvia Appvia is a specialist cloud and platform engineering consultancy, helping organisations build, operate, and scale modern cloud platforms. We work across complex environments where reliability, visibility, and performance are critical, supporting customers to implement best practices across platform engineering, DevOps, and observability. About the Role We are looking for a Datadog specialist to support a short-term engagement focused on migrating observability tooling from Grafana to Datadog. This is a hands-on contract role where you will take ownership of migrating dashboards, metrics, and monitoring configurations, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal disruption to existing services. You will work...

Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK) | 6-Month Contract We’re hiring multiple Senior Go Backend Engineers (contractors) to join a large-scale public sector transformation programme delivered by a highly regarded product consultancy. This work is focused on moving critical systems away from a legacy C# ecosystem into a modern, scalable, cloud-native architecture. You’ll be joining cross-functional teams responsible for building resilient backend services that support high-impact, user-facing products used at national scale. This is a 6-month initial contract, ideal for engineers who enjoy working on meaningful systems, solving complex migration challenges, and delivering production-grade backend services, fast. The Role | Senior Backend Engineer, Go (Contract) | C# to Go Large-Scale Migration, AWS, SQL, Distributed Systems | £400-450/day |...

Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer (Contract - 6 Months) | £575 per day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK Only)   We're partnering with a world-renowned health tech organisation to find an experienced Azure DevOps / Platform Engineer to join their Cloud Engineering team on an initial 6-month contract.   This is a fantastic opportunity to work on meaningful, high-impact systems in a modern Azure environment, helping to shape and scale secure, cloud-native infrastructure.   What you'll be doing You'll join a collaborative team of 6 engineers, playing a key role in designing, building, and operating Azure-based platforms. Expect to get hands-on with infrastructure, automation, and security, while contributing to the evolution of a robust and scalable cloud ecosystem.   Key responsibilities include:   Building and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) Supporting platform development across Azure environments...

SC Infrastructure Engineer £450 - £500 A Day Outside IR35 London (Hybrid) 6 Month Contract iO Associates are currently partnered with a customer in the defence space who need a SC cleared Infrastructure Engineer to join them on an initial 6-month contract. Strong VMware experience vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter AWS or Azure experience Strong understanding of virtual networking, storage (SAN/NAS), and backup solutions Automation experience VMware certifications preferable If you're an Infrastructure Engineer looking for acontract offering up to £500 A DAY OUTSIDE IR35 , then send an updated CV. The client is looking to interview candidates NEXT WEEK so if interested, please send across a CV ASAP.

Azure DevOps/Platform Engineer (Contract - 6 months) | £500 per day | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK Only) We're partnering with a world-renowned health tech organisation to find an experienced Azure DevOps/Platform Engineer to join their Cloud Engineering team on an initial 6-month contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on meaningful, high-impact systems in a modern Azure environment, helping to shape and scale secure, cloud-native infrastructure. What you'll be doing You'll join a collaborative team of 6 engineers, playing a key role in designing, building, and operating Azure-based platforms. Expect to get hands-on with infrastructure, automation, and security, while contributing to the evolution of a robust and scalable cloud ecosystem. Key responsibilities include: Building and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) Supporting platform development across Azure environments Driving best practices in DevOps, security, and reliability...

Senior Software Developer / Data Engineer - (Contract Outside IR35) In brief We’re looking for well-rounded software developers with experience in data engineering, with a proven ability to tackle complex data challenges, make an excellent impression on clients, and have a high impact on the output of your entire team. We provide a supportive environment with a strong focus on individual career progression, where you will have both the mentorship and project opportunities you need to develop your technical skills. You’ll work in a team alongside other talented developers and data engineers, supported by a Technical Lead. Projects span a range of sizes and multiple sectors and technologies. The role Experience and qualifications You have 4+ years’ experience and a breadth & depth of technical knowledge & expertise, particularly in data engineering, and can solve technical challenges across front-end, back-end, and infrastructure. You have...

AI Engineer (Contract) – £500/day Outside IR35 📍 Canary Wharf, London (3 days onsite) 🇬🇧 UK-based applicants only We’re looking for experienced AI Engineers who think holistically, automate relentlessly, and know how to turn modern AI capabilities into production-grade, high-impact applications . Our AI organisation is building real-world AI products that deliver business value at speed. This role is ideal for seasoned engineers who combine strong software engineering fundamentals with a pragmatic, hands-on approach to AI tooling and infrastructure. What you’ll be doing Designing, building, and maintaining production-grade AI applications using modern engineering practices (CI/CD, testing, observability, cloud-native design). Developing reusable AI platforms and tools (e.g. conversational bots, AI-powered search, unstructured data processing, GenAI solutions). Working in cross-functional, embedded teams with business stakeholders to rapidly deliver...