Senior Cloud Engineer (1 Braham Street, London, United Kingdom)
Recruiter: Krystle James
Hiring Manager: David Duck
Career Grade: D
Internal Closing Date: 27/11/25
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Security isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind when you think of BT, but when it comes to keeping everyone safely connected, We Are The Protectors. We deal with thousands of cyber-attacks every day, so that millions of people can safely go about their daily lives and run their businesses. We deliver vital work at scale, with real breadth and impact. We connect for good.
You'll be joining a specialist security team that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, protecting critical national infrastructure and committed to the safety and security of our nation and global communities. Our mission focused work is innovative, inspiring and technologically challenging in a way that makes every day different and stimulating. We provide the opportunity to work on rare projects, with exciting tools and brilliant people. Everyone has access to unparalleled professional and personal development opportunities and your contribution is always valued.
Why this job matters
The Cloud Engineering Specialist independently implements core infrastructure and security services in Amazon Web Services to deliver highly available and scalable services, automating time intensive processes whilst and meeting security and compliance objectives in all aspects of the secure cloud ecosystem.
This job role is based in London. Onsite (5 days office based). Monday-Friday 37.5 hours per week. You will need to be eligible to obtain DV Security Clearance before starting this role. You will need to have lived in the UK for 10+ years to be eligible.
What you’ll be doing
* Be hands on in the build and development of world class secure cloud-based solutions as part of an agile delivery team.
* Lead the design of cloud solutions.
* Work directly with our customers to understand their requirements.
* Working with support teams to enable management and monitoring of cloud-based systems, and their ongoing support.
* Provide some third line support to deployed cloud-based solutions.
* Line manage several more junior members of the team, assisting them in their professional development.
Essential Skills
Cloud Security
Cloud Migration
Operating Systems
Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment Automation & Orchestration
Inclusive Leadership
What we'd like to see on your CV
* Have experience utilising AWS cloud services, both compute and appropriate managed services.
* Have expertise in developing for cloud, with experience in iterative full-stack development in appropriate languages (for example node.js or Python).
* Have experience in delivering Kubernetes or AWS EKS solutions.
* Have experience managing infrastructure-as-code, for example using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
* Have experience managing or mentoring more junior colleagues.
You might even
1. Have some experience with CI/CD pipelines, and tools such as Jenkins.
2. Have experience automating specific management and maintenance activities, to support BAU tasks in complex systems environments. (e.g. new cloud