Vetted on a call by a Wave consultant, not scraped. Up to £90,000.
AWS-native platform work, with data migration systems as the specialism. Runs Glue, Managed Airflow and Athena on the data side, with Terraform, HashiCorp Vault and secure multi-account environments underneath. Java and SpringBoot from an earlier backend stint, plus Python and Bash for tooling, and mentors junior engineers alongside.
Looking forNothing recorded yet about what is pulling them. They are already at technical stage in a live process with another business.
How they came acrossAsks a lot of questions, and the client we put them in front of liked exactly that. The read is positive but early, we haven't got the full picture on motivation.
AWS, Terraform, Vault, Docker · Kubernetes, ECS, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions · Python, Java, SpringBoot, Glue
Eight years across 5 employers, starting in a university students' union and a voluntary sector body, then an education technology business, now a consultancy. Average tenure 1 year 3 months with a longest stint of 2 years 7 months.
Two months notice and already at technical stage elsewhere. Average tenure of 15 months is on the short side.
Computer science at a Russell Group university. Certified Data Management Professional.
Led a GitLab Dedicated migration and designed a Graviton cost-saving strategy at a US collaboration software company. Designs EKS clusters, writes Terraform and Terragrunt modules and builds CI/CD across the full delivery lifecycle, with Helm, ArgoCD and GitOps workflows. At a video technology business they owned the entire AWS estate across every environment on their own.
Looking forWants clear banding and a visible path to senior. Pay transparency came up more than once and genuinely matters to them.
How they came acrossConsultative by instinct, and coaches developers on infrastructure rather than gatekeeping it. Everyone who met them came away positive on the cultural fit. Focused on cutting toil through automation, and on cost, carbon included.
AWS, EKS, Kubernetes, Lambda · Terraform, Terragrunt, Helm, ArgoCD, GitLab CI · Python, Bash, Datadog
Nine years across 5 employers, from an industrial placement at a defence group and a graduate stint at a global consultancy into video technology, a US collaboration software company and now a debt resolution fintech. Average tenure 1 year 6 months with a longest stint of 2 years 4 months.
In final stages with 2 or 3 other businesses in the £70,000 to £85,000 range, with decisions landing this week and next. Immediately available.
BSc in computer science. HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate.
Leads a small DevOps team building Kubernetes-based data analysis platforms inside a defence and intelligence business. Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Helm and ArgoCD on the infrastructure side, Jenkins and GitLab CI on the pipeline side, Grafana, Prometheus and Loki for observability. Unusually comfortable on Windows as well as Linux, across AWS, Azure and on-premise.
Looking forWants a step back up. They took a less senior title for money and lifestyle reasons and want the seniority back, plus room to go deeper technically.
How they came acrossAiming squarely at SRE and clear that the Windows plus AWS combination is the card they hold. Comfortable mentoring and transferring knowledge, which fits the team lead work they already do.
Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD · AWS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Packer · Python, Jenkins, GitLab CI
Twelve years across 4 employers, from a warehouse software company and a listed telecoms group into a cycling apparel brand and now defence and intelligence. Average tenure 1 year 6 months with a longest stint of 3 years 11 months.
Currently at £65,000 in a deliberately less senior role, so the level on offer matters more here than the money. Four weeks notice.
BSc in computer science with a year in industry.
Tell me which came closest and I recalibrate, then come back with 10 to 15 more inside 24 hours.
Show me the wider bank