Senior Cloud Engineer - AWS | Manchester/Croydon | Hybrid
I am partnered with a leading intelligence organisation is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to manage and enhance its secure, multi-account AWS environment. This hands-on role sits within a central Platform Team and involves collaboration across service teams to ensure cloud standards, security, and operational resilience.
Key Responsibilities:
* Design, build, and monitor core AWS infrastructure
* Maintain IaC codebases (Terraform)
* Drive continuous improvement in security, resilience, and cost
* Mentor service teams on cloud best practices
* Support service management processes (change, incident, DR)
Ideal Experience:
* 5+ years in AWS cloud engineering
* Strong knowledge of network, backup, observability, and security
* Experience with ISO27001, NIST, or Cyber Essentials
* Proficiency in Terraform, Git, and CI/CD pipelines
* Familiarity with serverless architectures and AWS services (e.g. Lambda, EKS, CloudFront, GuardDuty)
Benefits:
* Salary £100,000 + 10% bonus
* 27 days annual leave + wellbeing days
* Pension, private medical, life cover
* Study/volunteer/reserve forces leave
* Hybrid working (min. 40% office presence)
This is a great opportunity to work on meaningful projects in a collaborative, agile environment with cutting-edge technologies.
If you're interested then please do apply below!