via Reed · 9 September 2026 ·10 days ago

Operations Engineer

Reed

Manchester Contract GBP 117,000 – 117,000

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BBC OPERATIONS ENGINEER | AWS | £450/DAY INSIDE IR35 | HYBRID

My client, the BBC, is seeking an experienced Operations Engineer to join their 24/7 Operations team supporting some of the UK's most recognisable digital services, including BBC News, Sport, iPlayer and Sounds.

This is a hybrid contract, requiring onsite attendance 4 days every 5 weeks, paying £450 per day inside IR35 via an umbrella company, with the contract running until 31/03/2027.

Key Skills Required:

1st and 2nd Line Support experience

AWS operational support experience

Jira and incident management experience

Networking knowledge (DNS, TCP/IP, web technologies)

Linux troubleshooting skills

Experience working in a fast-paced operational environment

What You'll Be Doing:

Monitoring and supporting critical production systems

Investigating and resolving incidents

Managing tickets and escalations

Supporting AWS and on-premise environments

Working within a 24/7 operations team??????

BBC OPERATIONS ENGINEER | AWS | £450/DAY INSIDE IR35 | HYBRID

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