AWS Contractor Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps Location: UK / EMEA (Remote or Hybrid) Contract: 6 Months (Outside IR35) Rate: £450 £600 per day 167 Solutions are recruiting on behalf of a leading client in the technology and digital transformation sector, who are seeking an experienced AWS Contractor to join their engineering team. This role focuses on delivering scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure while supporting automation, DevOps, and migration projects. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, and optimise AWS environments for business-critical platforms. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure. Lead and support cloud migrations, deployments, and optimisation projects. Automate provisioning and configuration using IaC (Terraform / CloudFormation). Build and manage CI/CD pipelines for efficient and reliable deployments. Monitor, secure, and scale AWS environments in line with best practices. Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and networking issues. Work closely with architects, developers, and security teams. Skills & Experience Proven experience as an AWS Engineer / Cloud Contractor. Strong hands-on expertise with key AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, VPC). Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation). Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, CodePipeline). Strong knowledge of networking, security, and IAM within AWS. Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS/EKS). Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Prometheus, ELK). Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. AWS Certification (Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer, or equivalent) is desirable.