BAU Engineer - AWS Operations & Automation
📍 Location: London (preferred), Leeds, or Edinburgh
🏢 Work Model: Hybrid (40% office, increasing to 50% from September)
💰 Salary: £50,000 - £75,000
⚡ Start: Immediate
🕒 On-call: Rotational support required
Security Requirement: Must hold or be eligible for SC Clearance (minimum 30 months UK residency).
Role Overview
We are seeking a BAU Engineer with strong AWS operations, Linux administration, and automation skills to support day-to-day cloud operations. The role focuses on maintaining reliable AWS services while driving AI-powered automation and operational improvements.
Key Responsibilities
BAU Operations
Manage daily AWS and Linux infrastructure operations.
Monitor systems, resolve incidents, and perform root cause analysis.
Support patching, upgrades, certificate renewals, and maintenance.
Follow ITIL processes (Incident, Change, Problem Management).
Maintain documentation, runbooks, and knowledge articles.
Automation & AI
Automate manual processes using Ansible, scripting, and AWS services.
Implement AI-driven operational improvements (e.g., incident diagnostics, alert intelligence).
Work with DevOps, SRE, Security, and Architecture teams to embed automation.
Promote an automation-first culture and measure operational improvements.
Monitoring & Security
Monitor systems using Datadog and AWS CloudWatch.
Manage SSL certificate lifecycle.
Perform patch management (RedHat Satellite / Ansible).
Support security, vulnerability remediation, and compliance.
Required Skills
Experience in BAU / Cloud Operations / IT Operations roles.
Strong Linux (RHEL) administration.
Hands-on AWS experience:
EC2, VPC, ELB, RDS, ECS, EFS, EMR, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudTrail, Config, EBS.
Automation with Ansible, Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
Monitoring tools experience (Datadog preferred).
Good understanding of ITIL processes.
Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
AI / Automation Experience
Exposure to AI-driven IT operations such as:
AI-assisted incident analysis
Automated remediation workflows
Intelligent alerting systems
Chatbot-based operational support
AWS Bedrock or event-driven automation (Lambda)
Nice to Have
DevOps / SRE practices
Docker or container platforms
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins)
Certifications: AWS, Terraform, RHCE
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