AWS Cloud Engineer

£55,000 to 70,000 GBP
Hybrid WORKING
Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent
Cloud Engineer - AWS
Location: London - Hybrid (3 days per week in the office)
Salary: £55,000-£70,000 DOE
Security requirement: Sole UK Citizen / Sole UK National, eligible to obtain the required level of UK security clearance.
The Opportunity
We are looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer with strong hands-on AWS expertise to join a specialist engineering team delivering secure, cloud-based solutions across national security, government and public-sector environments.
You will work within an autonomous DevOps team, designing, developing, deploying and maintaining applications and cloud services on AWS. Working closely with technical teams and end users, you will help solve complex problems, improve cloud capabilities and deliver reliable, scalable and secure systems.
This is an opportunity to take ownership of technical solutions, work across the full delivery lifecycle and contribute to projects with real-world impact.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain cloud-based applications and services using AWS.
• Configure and manage AWS infrastructure to deliver secure, scalable and reliable solutions.
• Apply infrastructure-as-code principles to automate the provisioning and management of cloud environments.
• Develop scripts and application components using Python, Bash, Shell or other suitable programming languages.
• Work with AWS services to support compute, storage, networking, security and application integration.
• Contribute to the full software delivery lifecycle, from requirements and design through to deployment and ongoing support.
• Apply DevOps principles to automate deployments, improve reliability and streamline engineering workflows.
• Collaborate with technical colleagues and stakeholders to understand requirements and develop effective solutions.
• Implement monitoring, logging and observability practices to maintain performance and reliability.
• Identify opportunities to improve cloud architecture, operational efficiency and cost management.
• Work within Agile teams, sharing knowledge and contributing to continuous improvement.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong practical experience with AWS, with the ability to design and implement cloud solutions confidently.
• Experience with AWS services such as EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, Elastic Load Balancing, SNS, SQS and IAM.
• Scripting experience using Python, Bash, Shell or similar languages.
• Good coding experience in at least one language compatible with AWS Lambda.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
• Understanding of cloud security, networking, access management and infrastructure configuration.
• Experience working in Agile and DevOps environments.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable Experience

• AWS certification at Associate level or above, such as Solutions Architect, Developer or DevOps Engineer.
• Experience with microservices architecture and API design.
• Knowledge of Docker and container platforms such as Kubernetes, EKS or ECS.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity or Bitbucket.
• Understanding of cloud monitoring, observability, performance optimisation and FinOps.
• Experience with automated testing frameworks and continuous integration practices.
• Working knowledge of Linux, networking, routing and firewalls.

Package and Benefits

• Salary of £55,000-£70,000, depending on experience.

Security Clearance Requirements
Applicants must be sole UK citizens (sole UK nationals) and eligible to obtain the required level of UK security clearance. Candidates must be willing to undergo the relevant clearance process.
If you have strong AWS engineering skills and want to work on challenging cloud solutions within a collaborative technical environment, we would welcome a conversation.