AWS Engineer

Stott and May; London; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an AWS Engineer to join a high-impact project for a major financial services client. The role involves designing robust and resilient AWS architecture, developing RESTful APIs, and automating infrastructure delivery using Terraform. Candidates should have strong expertise in AWS and software development experience.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in software development.
• Strong expertise in AWS cloud engineering.
• Proven experience with Terraform for AWS infrastructure automation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build resilient, service-oriented architecture using AWS.
• Develop RESTful APIs with AWS API Gateway and Lambda.
• Implement and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform.

Skills

AWS cloud engineering

Terraform

Serverless architecture

RESTful APIs

Python

Data engineering

Job description

AWS Engineer Start: ASAP Duration: initial 5-months (extensions likely) Location: Central London (hybrid 2 days per week on site ideal) Pay: INSIDE IR35, paying up to £510 per day We’re seeking a skilled AWS Cloud Engineer to join a high-impact project delivering robust, service-oriented architecture for a major financial services client. Key Responsibilities: - Design and build resilient, service-oriented architecture using AWS primitives - Develop RESTful APIs with AWS API Gateway and Lambda - Implement and manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform - Optimise AWS services including S3, IAM, Athena, Glue, Lambda, and API Gateway - Support integration above metadata repositories for One Bank Data Quality services - Contribute to serverless application development using AWS Lambda - Maintain secure cloud environments using Secrets Manager, IAM, and CloudTrail - Collaborate on the deployment and orchestration of AWS-native services - Automate infrastructure delivery pipelines - Apply best practices in AWS infrastructure design and management Key Skills & Experience: - 8+ years’ experience in software development - Proven expertise in AWS cloud engineering and serverless architecture - Strong Terraform experience for AWS infrastructure automation - Deep knowledge of core AWS services: S3, IAM, Lambda, Glue, API Gateway, Athena, CloudTrail, Aurora/RDS, SQS - Experience with Glue Crawlers, EUP, and Secrets Manager - Familiarity with Spark and Python for data engineering (desirable) - Experience with SageMaker Unified Studio (a plus)