Cloud Engineer

Lorien; Greater London; On-site; GBP 92,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Lorien seeks an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer Contractor to design, migrate, and manage cloud solutions on AWS. You will work with architects, developers, and DevOps to deliver secure, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructure, implementing IaC and CI/CD pipelines while ensuring security and compliance.

Responsibilities include deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimisation, collaborating across teams, and producing documentation for operations and support.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing and supporting AWS-based solutions.
• Experience with large-scale cloud migration programmes.
• Strong understanding of cloud security and governance.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• Hands-on Linux administration and scripting skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives with minimal disruption.
• Implement IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Monitor environments, identify performance and security issues.
• Collaborate with DevOps, architects, and stakeholders to align with needs.
• Optimise performance, resilience, and cost management.
• Produce technical docs and operational procedures.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Python

PowerShell

Security & Compliance

Monitoring

SRE Practices

Stakeholder Management

Agile delivery

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Job description

We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer Contractor to support the design, implementation, migration, and ongoing management of cloud-based solutions on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The successful candidate will work closely with architects, developers, DevOps engineers, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud solutions. This role requires strong technical expertise across AWS services, infrastructure automation, cloud security, monitoring, and operational support, with a focus on driving cloud adoption and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, configure, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployments and release management.
• Monitor cloud environments and proactively identify performance, availability, and security issues.
• Implement and maintain security controls, access management, and compliance requirements across AWS environments.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, networking, and application-related issues.
• Collaborate with development and architecture teams to ensure cloud solutions align with business and technical requirements.
• Optimise cloud performance, resilience, and cost management.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and support guides.
• Proven experience designing and supporting solutions on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of core AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudWatch, IAM, Route 53, and ECS/EKS.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, DNS, load balancing, and security principles.
• Experience with Linux administration and scripting using Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
• Experience supporting production environments and troubleshooting complex technical issues.
• Knowledge of security, governance, and cloud best practices.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Technical Requirements

• AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53)
• Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Docker and Kubernetes
• Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub or GitLab
• Python, Bash, or PowerShell
• Monitoring and Logging Tools
• AWS certification (Associate or Professional level).
• Experience in large-scale cloud migration programmes.
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments.
• Exposure to DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices.
• Experience with security frameworks and compliance standards.Consulting or client-facing delivery experience.
• Infrastructure Automation
• DevOps & CI/CD
• Problem Solving & Troubleshooting
• Security & Compliance
• Stakeholder Management
• Operational Excellence

Ideal Candidate

• The ideal candidate will be a hands-on AWS Cloud Engineer with strong infrastructure and automation experience, capable of independently delivering cloud solutions while collaborating effectively across technical and business teams. They will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced consulting environment, driving cloud best practices, and supporting the successful delivery of transformation and cloud migration programmes.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) (P3 - Advanced)