Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Engineer - AWS & IaC

Experis

Knutsford

Hybrid

GBP 65,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Experis is hiring an Infrastructure Engineer in Knutsford on a 2-month contract with a hybrid work setup (60% office, 40% remote). You will design, implement, and manage AWS-based cloud infrastructure for the Vector platform, using IaC and cloud-native technologies to deliver secure and scalable services.

Collaboration with security, devops, and platform teams is essential, with a strong emphasis on automation and operational excellence.

Qualifications

Proven experience designing, implementing, and supporting cloud infrastructure within AWS.
Strong understanding of IaC concepts and tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent technologies.
Experience with infrastructure automation, scripting, and configuration management.
Knowledge of AWS security services, IAM, networking, security groups, authentication, and access management best practices.
Experience supporting containerised and cloud-native environments.
Strong understanding of networking, system administration, monitoring, and operational support principles.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps methodologies.
Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
Experience working within agile delivery environments.
Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks.
Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools.
AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified SysOps Administrator.
Experience supporting platform engineering or enterprise-scale cloud environments.
Contractor must be eligible for BPSS.

Responsibilities

Build and manage infrastructure for the Vector platform in AWS, including environments, services, networking, security policies, user authentication, security groups, IAM roles, profiles, and permissions.
Design, implement, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions that support business and technical requirements.
Develop, maintain, and automate infrastructure deployment scripts and templates to enable efficient provisioning, configuration, and recreation of environments.
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices using industry-standard tools to ensure consistency, repeatability, and governance across environments.
Ensure infrastructure security, scalability, performance, and operational stability through proactive monitoring, maintenance, and optimisation activities.
Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to support application deployment pipelines and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes.
Manage cloud resources and services, ensuring compliance with organisational security standards and best practices.
Monitor platform health, system performance, and resource utilisation, identifying opportunities for improvement and cost optimisation.
Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure-related incidents, vulnerabilities, and service disruptions in a timely manner.
Support disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity requirements through robust infrastructure design and testing.
Maintain infrastructure documentation, standards, procedures, and operational runbooks to support knowledge sharing and operational excellence.
Contribute to infrastructure roadmaps and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring the platform remains aligned with evolving business and technology needs.