AWS Cloud Engineer

Overview

As an AWS Cloud Engineer, you will design, build and maintain secure, scalable cloud services on AWS within a specialist engineering team. You will own technical solutions across the full delivery lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems in government and public-sector environments. The role emphasizes automation, security and reliability, helping to mature cloud capabilities and deliver impact at scale. This is an opportunity to contribute to mission-critical systems and work on cutting-edge cloud infrastructure. You will join a DevOps-oriented team that values performance and continuous improvement.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• role within government/public-sector projects
• opportunity for UK security clearance
• competitive salary 55,000–70,000 GBP
• development of cloud and DevOps skills
• collaborative engineering environment

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain AWS-based applications and services
• Configure and manage AWS infrastructure to secure, scale and stabilize solutions
• Apply infrastructure-as-code to provision cloud environments
• Develop scripts and components using Python, Bash, or similar
• Leverage AWS services for compute, storage, networking, security and integration
• Contribute to the full software delivery lifecycle from design to deployment and support
• Apply DevOps practices to automate deployments and improve reliability
• Collaborate with technical teams and stakeholders to translate requirements into solutions
• Implement monitoring, logging and observability for performance and reliability
• Identify improvements in cloud architecture, efficiency and cost management
• Work in Agile teams and contribute to continuous improvement

Key requirements

• Strong hands-on AWS experience with the ability to design and implement cloud solutions
• Experience with EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS and IAM
• Scripting in Python, Bash, Shell or similar
• Proficiency in at least one language compatible with AWS Lambda
• Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK
• Familiarity with Git or equivalent version control
• Understanding of cloud security, networking, access management and infrastructure configuration
• Experience in Agile and DevOps environments
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and communication skills

• excellent communication
• collaboration in multidisciplinary teams
• problem-solving mindset
• AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS, IAM)
• Python, Bash, Shell or similar scripting
• Terraform, CloudFormation or CDK

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