Cloud Engineer

Overview

As a Cloud Engineer, you will design, develop and maintain cloud-based applications on AWS within autonomous DevOps teams. You’ll work on secure, resilient cloud solutions that support mission-critical national security and defence initiatives, collaborating with software and cloud specialists. You will own solutions end-to-end, from requirements to deployment and support, contributing to innovative cloud-native delivery. This role offers exposure to cutting-edge projects, strong technical mentoring, and opportunities to advance your cloud engineering career.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, deploy and maintain AWS-based applications and services
• Collaborate in autonomous DevOps teams to deliver secure cloud solutions
• Engage with end-users and stakeholders to clarify requirements and solve complex problems
• Identify appropriate technologies for varying customer needs and architect solutions
• Develop cloud-native applications and services across the delivery lifecycle
• Contribute from design to deployment and operational support
• Identify innovative approaches to engineering and business challenges
• Work with software engineers, cloud specialists and wider technical teams
• Support customers through cloud adoption and transformation journeys

Key requirements

• Significant AWS experience and expert-level capability
• Scripting with Shell, Bash and/or Python
• Coding in at least one Lambda-compatible language
• Experience with IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK)
• Experience with Git or other VCS
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills
• Experience in an Agile delivery environment (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or XP)
• Willingness to learn new technologies

• Strong communication
• Problem-solving
• Collaborative mindset
• AWS services (EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS, IAM)
• Shell/Bash/Python scripting
• Lambda-compatible programming language

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