Cloud Engineer

G.Digital; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 73,800 - 79,335; Full time

Job summary

A progressive technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to design and build cloud infrastructure for a global hosting platform. This role involves enhancing reliability and driving automation, making a tangible impact in a collaborative environment. Ideal candidates should have solid AWS experience alongside a background in CI/CD and DevOps principles. This is a short-term contract offering competitive pay.

Qualifications

• Solid AWS experience including EC2, EKS, ECR, RDS, S3, and WAF.
• PostgreSQL expertise with familiarity in Git workflows.
• Proficiency in CI/CD, DevOps practices, and cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize cloud infrastructure.
• Implement features, enhance reliability, and drive automation.
• Manage Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD pipelines.
• Translate technical details into business value.
• Maintain multi-region platform with shared on-call support.

Skills

AWS experience (EC2, EKS, ECR, RDS, S3, WAF)

PostgreSQL

CI/CD principles

DevOps principles

Cloud security

Git workflows

Job description

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AWS Cloud Engineer | Outside IR35 | 3 months | £400-£430p/day | Tech 4 Good

AWS, EC2, EKS, RDS, S3

You know the kind of job where what you build actually matters? This is one of those. We’re partnering with a global learning tech company whose cloud platform helps hundreds of organisations grow their people, powering thousands of learning sites across the world. Their Technical Services team is scaling quickly and needs an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer to come in, hit the ground running, and support a key phase of platform evolution.

What you’ll do

• Design, build, and evolve cloud infrastructure for a global hosting platform.
• Implement new features, improve reliability, and push automation to the next level.
• Own your stack from Kubernetes clusters to CI/CD pipelines.
• Work across teams, translating technical depth into business value.
• Help keep a multi‑region platform running smoothly (with shared on‑call support).

What you’ll bring

• Solid AWS experience (EC2, EKS, ECR, RDS, S3, WAF).
• PostgreSQL experience and a handle on Git workflows.
• Strong grasp of CI/CD, DevOps principles, and cloud security.
• Experience with SaaS or PaaS at scale.
• Curiosity, initiative, and a drive to automate everything.

You’ll join a sharp, collaborative team that loves to build, break, and improve things, no red tape, no endless meetings, just smart people solving real problems together. If you’re a Cloud Engineer who wants to jump into a short‑term contract and get stuck into meaningful tech that actually changes how people learn and grow this is it.