Employment:
12-Month Fixed-Term Contract
Working Arrangement:
Hybrid
Level:
Senior / Hands-on Technical Specialist
The Opportunity
We're working with an established software business looking for an experienced Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to help manage, modernise and strengthen its cloud infrastructure.
This is a hands‐on engineering position focused on building reliable AWS environments, improving automation, strengthening security and supporting business‐critical applications.
You'll work alongside software engineers, infrastructure specialists and security teams, taking ownership of complex technical challenges while helping improve engineering standards across the platform.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build and maintain secure, scalable AWS infrastructure across multiple environments.
Manage core AWS services, including
VPC, IAM, EC2, ECS/Fargate, RDS/Aurora and networking
.
Develop and maintain
Infrastructure as Code
using Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK.
Improve infrastructure automation, deployment processes and CI/CD pipelines.
Strengthen platform reliability through monitoring, disaster recovery, backups and high‐availability solutions.
Troubleshoot complex cloud infrastructure issues and support production incident resolution.
Implement cloud security controls, access management and infrastructure governance.
Identify opportunities to optimise AWS performance, resource utilisation and cloud costs.
Provide technical guidance and support to other engineers.
Technical Requirements
5+ years in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering or SRE.




Strong hands‐on experience designing and managing production
AWS environments
.
AWS networking, identity management, security and infrastructure automation.
Experience with
ECS/Fargate, RDS or other AWS database services
.
Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using
Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK
.
Experience supporting highly available production systems, monitoring and incident response.
Scripting and automation using
Python, Bash or PowerShell
.
Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
Highly Regarded
Experience with Windows Server and hybrid cloud environments.
Exposure to Azure infrastructure.
Knowledge of disaster recovery, backup strategies and platform resilience.
Experience operating within regulated or security‐conscious environments.
Familiarity with ISO ***** or SOC 2 security controls.
AWS cost optimisation and FinOps experience.
Experience mentoring engineers or providing technical leadership.
What We're Looking For
We're looking for someone who enjoys being hands‐on with cloud infrastructure and has the technical depth to take ownership of complex AWS environments.
You'll be comfortable troubleshooting production issues, improving automation and working across engineering teams to deliver reliable infrastructure.
This chance would suit an experienced
Senior AWS Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer or Site Reliability Engineer
who enjoys combining technical delivery with broader platform ownership.
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