Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Kurt Geiger; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading footwear and accessories brand is seeking an experienced Engineer to join their e-commerce technology team. This role focuses on building and maintaining secure AWS infrastructure for customer-facing applications. The ideal candidate will have strong Linux system administration skills, an excellent understanding of AWS, and the ability to troubleshoot complex issues. This position offers various perks, including virtual GP access and discounted products.

Benefits

Free 24 hour virtual GP access

Extra days off at Christmas

Enviable discounted product

Harrods discount

Half Day, Pay Day Friday

Sample sales

Summer Hours - 3pm Friday Finish

Gym discounts

Enhanced pension scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive Linux administration experience.
• Strong understanding of AWS core services.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation preferred).
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure for customer-facing applications.
• Troubleshoot incidents across web servers, databases, and networking layers.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure application reliability.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code.

Skills

Linux administration

AWS core services

Networking concepts

Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation)

Docker and containerized applications

Scripting languages (Bash, Python, Ruby, Go)

Problem-solving

Communication skills

CI/CD automation pipelines

Tools

CloudFormation

Docker

Chef

Job description

About Kurt Geiger

We are an inclusive, creative footwear and accessories brand powered by kindness. We want to empower our talent to be confident and true to themselves, the London way. London is our home, our heartbeat, and we draw inspiration from the energy and spirit of the city; its diversity and creativity. For over fifty years our team of in-house shoe and accessory designers have been creating authentic, distinctive designs from our London headquarters. The rainbow is our signature. It represents the good energy and love we have for our community and the many ways we collectively express our individual style.

We Are One:For Love | For Diversity | For Change | For Equality | For Kindness For Freedom | For Unity Against Racism

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Engineer to join our e-commerce technology team. This role is responsible for building, maintaining, and securing the infrastructure supporting our customer-facing web applications and the core services that power our business.

The ideal candidate will combine strong Linux system administration expertise with a deep understanding of AWS services, networking, and application-level troubleshooting.

This position requires strong analytical thinking, initiative, and the ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues spanning multiple layers of the stack.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure, and resilient AWS infrastructure for customer-facing applications.
• Troubleshoot and resolve incidents across web servers, databases, containers, and networking layers.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure high performance, availability, and reliability of applications.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code
• Manage server configuration
• Participate in an on-call rota and provide operational support for critical systems.
• Continuously improve automation, monitoring, and system observability.
• Contribute to the design of best practices for security, performance, and cost optimisation.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive Linux administration experience
• Strong understanding of AWS core services
• Good understanding in networking concepts
• Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation preferred; Terraform acceptable).
• Experience with configuration management tools (Chef preferred).
• Practical experience with Docker and containerized applications.
• Ability to code in at least one scripting language (Bash, Python, Ruby, or Go).
• Familiarity with Windows-based systems (IIS, Active Directory) beneficial but not essential.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to think end-to-end across systems and services.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.
• Team-oriented, collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of CI/CD automation pipelines.

Nice to have

• Hold one or more of the following AWS certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Developer Associate, AWS SysOps Associate
• Experience with monitoring and alerting platforms

• Free 24 hour virtual GP access
• Extra days off at Christmas
• Enviable discounted product
• Harrods discount
• Half Day, Pay Day Friday (once per month)
• Sample sales
• Summer Hours - 3pm Friday Finish
• Gym discounts
• Enhanced pension scheme including life assurance

Our Stores

The first Kurt Geiger store opened on London Bond street in 1963. Today, our brand has global appeal and is distributed in hundreds of cities around the world. We operate over 70 stand-alone stores nationwide, including our new flagship store on London Oxford street, and in over 400 stores globally. Beyond stand-alone stores and retail pop ups, our retail partners include some of the world’s most famous department stores.