Senior Cloud Engineer – AWS & Kubernetes
📍 Hybrid / South East UK | 🛠 AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform
A leading global media & technology organisation is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its Infrastructure team, working on some of the most performance-critical cloud systems in the industry.
This is a unique opportunity to combine enterprise-grade cloud engineering with the fast-paced demands of live global events, supporting an AWS and Kubernetes platform across multiple sites.
🧩 What You’ll Be Doing
* Lead design, support, and optimisation of hybrid Kubernetes platforms (on-prem & cloud)
* Own and evolve AWS infrastructure: EKS, EC2, IAM, VPCs, Route53, S3
* Use Terraform to provision scalable, repeatable infrastructure as code
* Act as a senior stakeholder on key infrastructure projects
* Collaborate with InfoSec teams to ensure cloud compliance and governance
* Support infrastructure during global events — both remotely and occasionally on-site
* Partner with DevOps, development, and platform teams to deliver resilient, scalable systems
* Be available for occasional work outside normal business hours (planned and unplanned)
✅ What You’ll Bring
* 7+ years' experience in IT infrastructure roles
* 4+ years working with AWS at scale (networking, security, core services)
* Extensive hands-on Kubernetes experience in production
* Solid grasp of hybrid networking: Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering
* Experience working as a 3rd line engineer or Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
* Strong communication skills and ability to remain calm under pressure
* Understanding of low-level compute (CPU, memory, storage)
* UK driving licence required (for travel to on-site event support)
💡 Why Apply?
* Work with high-performance infrastructure used in globally broadcast events
* Collaborate with a forward-thinking engineering and DevOps team
* Combine technical depth with high-impact, real-time systems
* Opportunity to influence architectural direction at a senior level
Ready to step into a role where cloud meets real-time global scale?
Apply now or message directly for more details.