Cloud Engineer

Shaw Daniels Solutions; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Shaw Daniels Solutions in Farnborough, United Kingdom, is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design, implement and support cloud capabilities across public, private and hybrid environments. You will collaborate with engineering, development, operations and security teams to design and automate cloud solutions that enable secure, scalable and reliable services, with a strong focus on IaC, CI/CD and AWS.

This role offers exposure to modern cloud tech and the opportunity to influence architecture and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in a related field.
• Experience designing, deploying and managing AWS-based solutions.
• Strong IaC and CI/CD experience with automated cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and configure cloud services to meet business and application requirements.
• Monitor and optimise cloud environments for performance, availability, cost and security compliance.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, CloudFormation or ARM templates.
• Build and automate deployment pipelines and CI/CD workflows to improve delivery efficiency.
• Implement and maintain cloud security best practices, including IAM, encryption and network security.
• Collaborate with development, operations and security teams for reliable deployments.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of cloud engineering practices and automation.
• Demonstrable experience designing, deploying and managing solutions within AWS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure; networking concepts (DNS, VPNs, load balancers, firewalls).
• Work collaboratively across multidisciplinary engineering and technical teams.

Skills

Cloud engineering

IaC

Terraform

CI/CD

AWS

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

ARM templates

CI/CD tooling

AWS

Job description

As a Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, implementing and supporting cloud capabilities across public, private and hybrid environments.

Working closely with engineering, development, operations and security teams, you will design and automate cloud solutions that enable the delivery of next-generation services across complex operational environments.

You will have the opportunity to work with modern cloud technologies while contributing to solutions where security, reliability, scalability and performance are critical.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and configure cloud services to meet business and application requirements.
• Monitor and optimise cloud environments for performance, availability, cost and security compliance.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation or ARM templates.
• Build and automate deployment pipelines and CI/CD workflows, reducing manual intervention and improving delivery efficiency.
• Implement and maintain cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, encryption and network security.
• Collaborate with development, operations and security teams to enable reliable and secure application deployments.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of cloud engineering practices, standards and automation.
• Demonstrable experience designing, deploying and managing solutions within AWS.
• Strong practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling.
• A solid understanding of networking concepts, including DNS, VPNs, load balancers, firewalls and routing.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services and cloud infrastructure.
• The ability to work collaboratively across multidisciplinary engineering and technical teams.

Essential Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.