Cloud Technical Specialist - AWS / Cloud Engineering

£400 to 500 GBP
Onsite WORKING
Location: Glasgow, Scotland - United Kingdom Type: Contract
Cloud Technical Specialist - AWS / Cloud Engineering
Contract: 6 months
Day Rate: Up to£500 per day, Inside IR35
Location: Glasgow - hybrid working
Start Date: ASAP
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Technical Specialist to support cloud engineering and managed services delivery within a large enterprise environment.
This is a senior technical role combining cloud architecture, hands-on engineering and technical leadership. You will act as a key technical point of contact for client stakeholders while working closely with geographically distributed engineering teams to design, implement and support cloud solutions.
The role offers variety across cloud infrastructure, automation and platform engineering. We are looking for someone with broad technical expertise who can move comfortably between architectural design, hands-on delivery and guiding other engineers.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Architecture and Engineering

• Design, implement and support cloud infrastructure and platform solutions, with a strong focus on AWS.
• Translate technical requirements into secure, scalable and supportable cloud architectures.
• Contribute directly to engineering activities across cloud projects and managed service initiatives.
• Review technical designs and changes to ensure alignment with architecture principles and client standards.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure and platform issues.
• Work across networking, identity, security, compute, storage and cloud platform services.

Technical Leadership

• Act as a key technical point of contact for client stakeholders, technical product owners, engineering teams and Centres of Excellence.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership to remote and nearshore engineering teams.
• Take responsibility for one or more technical engineering areas, helping coordinate delivery and maintain engineering quality.
• Review engineering approaches, resolve technical blockers and support design decisions.
• Promote consistent engineering standards, managed service practices and delivery methodologies.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and alignment between client and engineering teams.

Cloud Platform and Automation
Depending on your experience, you may lead technical activities across areas including:

• AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Cloud platforms and automation.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Cloud monitoring, alerting and observability.
• Platform engineering and developer enablement.

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong experience as a Cloud Architect, Senior Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer or in a similar senior technical role.
• Strong hands-on AWS experience is essential.
• Broad understanding of cloud infrastructure architecture and engineering.
• Experience designing and implementing enterprise cloud solutions.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD and automation tooling, ideally GitHub Actions.
• Knowledge of cloud monitoring, alerting and observability.
• Understanding of networking, identity, security, compute, storage and cloud platform services.
• Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring or guidance to engineering teams.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both client stakeholders and technical teams.
• Experience working with geographically distributed, nearshore or offshore teams.

Desirable Experience

• Cloud Managed Services experience.
• Experience acting as a technical lead or engineering lane lead.
• Knowledge of both AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Platform engineering, automation platforms or developer enablement.
• Understanding of DevOps, SRE and cloud operating models.
• Relevant AWS, Azure or other cloud certifications.

The Ideal Candidate
You will be technically broad, hands-on and comfortable moving between architecture and engineering delivery. You'll be confident advising client stakeholders, guiding engineers and taking ownership of technical outcomes.
You should enjoy solving complex technical problems, improving engineering practices and collaborating across local and nearshore teams.
Contract Details

• Six-month initial contract.
• Up £500 per day, Inside IR35.
• Hybrid working, with regular onsite presence in Glasgow.
• ASAP start.

If you're an experienced AWS-focused cloud professional looking for a hands-on technical leadership contract, we'd be keen to hear from you.