Job Description
Job: AWS Cloud/DevOps Engineer
Location: UK Wide / Hybrid
Salary: £65,000 - £85,000 base
Security Clearance: Active SC clearance required
Package:
- Performance bonus
- Pension and flexible benefits
- Structured learning and certification support
Role Context
This role sits within a cloud engineering environment delivering secure, scalable AWS platforms for complex programmes across regulated and security-conscious settings. The brief is focused on engineers who can deploy, automate, and manage cloud infrastructure in AWS, with the depth to support cloud-native delivery and the discipline to work within secure environments.
The requirement is flexible on level across the mid-market into more senior profiles, provided the core AWS capability is strong. This is well suited to engineers who combine hands-on platform delivery with DevOps thinking, strong infrastructure automation, and a practical understanding of resilient cloud operations.
Employer Overview
Our client is a major technology and transformation business with significant UK delivery capability, supporting large-scale enterprise and public sector programmes. The environment offers strong technical exposure, long-term programme work, and the chance to contribute to high-impact cloud transformation initiatives at scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure across secure and high-availability environments
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
- Implement and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support reliable cloud-native deployment
- Improve monitoring, observability, resilience, and operational performance across cloud platforms
- Work closely with engineering and stakeholder teams to deliver scalable platform improvements in Agile delivery settings
Candidate Profile / Technical Skillset
- Strong hands-on AWS infrastructure engineering experience in secure or regulated environments
- Active SC clearance already in place and able to work on cleared programmes
- Proven background in DevOps and platform engineering, including IaC and deployment automation
- Experience with tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Strong scripting and troubleshooting capability across cloud environments, ideally with Python, Bash, or PowerShell
How to Apply?
Please apply with a relevant CV aligned to AWS cloud engineering, DevOps, platform delivery, and active SC-cleared programme work.
Reference
AMC/JWH/ACUW