AWS Cloud Engineer

Rowden Technologies; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK engineering firm based in Bristol is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience. The successful candidate will work on Defence and Security projects using AWS and Terraform, ensuring mission success for end users. This hybrid position involves three days a week in the office and two days on customer sites. The company values inclusive and flexible working culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in AWS Cloud Engineering.
• Completion of AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or similar experience.
• Experience working collaboratively in Teams using Scrum or Kanban.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement mission-specific solutions in a Cloud-native environment.
• Build and maintain solutions using Terraform following IAC best practices.
• Ensure solutions meet stakeholders' security and compliance requirements.

Skills

Experience building and running solutions in an assured environment for Defence, Govt, or Public Sector

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or comparable experience (5y+)

Hands-on experience of services such as EC2, ECR, ECS/EKS, SSM

Hands-on experience with Terraform and CI/CD tooling

Proficient building and deploying versioned containers

Experienced Linux user/administrator

Job description

Overview

AWS Cloud Engineer

Rowden is building the next UK-headquartered engineering powerhouse. We design and integrate advanced systems that sense, connect, and protect data in environments where fast, informed decision-making is vital. Our mission is to deliver mission advantage to those working to safeguard national security, public safety, and critical infrastructure.

Headquartered in Bristol (UK), we combine modern engineering methods with cutting-edge commercial technology to create adaptable, mission-critical systems. We focus on solving the tough challenges that others overlook, ensuring our customers can operate effectively in an ever-changing world.

We are seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer with approximately 5+ years of experience to work on our mission-focused work in Defence and Security. The right candidate will have a mindset focused on outcomes, not just deliverables, and be committed to enabling mission success for End Users. This role suits somebody who has completed AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate or has similar experience. This role is hybrid, with a mixture of three days a week working from either home or our Bristol HQ, plus two days per week working on customer sites in the Gloucester/Worcester area.

Key responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with Users and Stakeholders to design and implement mission-specific solutions in a Cloud-native environment.
• Build and maintain solutions using Terraform and following IAC best practices.
• Ensure solutions meet stakeholders' security and compliance requirements.

Essential skills and experience

• Experience building and running solutions in an assured environment for Defence, Govt, or Public Sector.
• Experience working collaboratively in Teams doing Scrum or Kanban.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or comparable experience (5y+)
• Hands-on experience of services such as EC2, ECR, ECS/EKS, SSM, and at least one managed database service (SQL/NoSQL/caching).
• Hands on experience with Terraform and CI/CD tooling (ideally GitHub Enterprise) and able to help the Team evolve better GitOps practices.
• Experience in multi-account environments, experience of AWS Organisations and AWS Control Tower highly desirable.
• Proficient building and deploying versioned containers in a managed container service.
• Experienced Linux user/administrator, able to write some Bash and/or Python.

Working at Rowden

We are committed to building a flexible, inclusive, and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills, experience, and backgrounds, so please apply and come as you are!

We recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can. We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role). We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.

Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company, and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles. Please let us know your requirements early on so that we can make sure you have everything you need up front to help make the recruitment process and experience as easy as possible.

Finally, if you feel that you don’t meet all the criteria included above but have transferable skills and relevant experience, we’d still love to hear from you!

About Rowden

We’re building the next UK-headquartered engineering powerhouse. At Rowden, we design and integrate advanced systems that sense, connect, and protect data in challenging environments where quick decisions are vital. Our solutions use intelligent automation to enhance speed and efficiency and are built to be reliable and straightforward for critical operations in remote or high-pressure settings.

What matters to us?

• Our focus is on the end user. We exist to deliver the best possible outcomes for the users of our systems.
• Pace matters. The problems we solve are urgent.
• Our diverse skills and backgrounds make us better. Our team prides itself on being inclusive and multidisciplinary.
• We are radically honest. Saying what we mean, even when it isn’t easy.
• We are pragmatists. We provide realistic, focused solutions that get to the point.
• We improve continuously. We are relentless in our drive to make things better.