Principal Cloud Engineer

Aviva; Norwich; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 98,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 12%

Generous pension

29 days holiday + BH

Private Medical Benefit

Aviva product discounts

Matching Share Plan

Save As You Earn

Parental and carer’s leave

Flexible benefits

Cycle to work

Volunteer days

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Aviva is seeking a Principle Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud Platform Engineering team. This hands-on leadership role focuses on shaping architecture, tooling, and best practices across AWS, IaC, and secure-by-default design to scale a large cloud platform used by millions of customers.

You will collaborate with engineering leaders and internal customers, guiding complex deliveries, setting standards, and lifting the bar for the team while leveraging cloud-native services and Infrastructure as

Qualifications

• Extensive AWS cloud engineering experience.
• Proficient in IaC with Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience guiding engineers and leading complex deliveries.
• Strong security mindset and secure-by-default principles.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of complex AWS-based projects from start to finish.
• Define architecture, tooling, and best practices for the cloud platform.
• Mentor engineers and ensure secure-by-default delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering leaders and internal customer teams to turn ideas into resilient systems.
• Promote cloud-native services and Infrastructure as Code as standard practice.

Skills

AWS cloud engineering

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Security by design

AI tooling awareness

Agentic development

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Principle Cloud Engineer

Location: Bristol, York, Norwich or Eastleigh

Salary: Circa £85k

Cloud isn't just where we run things at Aviva, it's how we move faster, build smarter, and deliver for millions of customers. We're looking for a Principle Cloud Engineer to join a collaborative engineering team where great ideas matter, and the best ones shine.

Are you someone who works confidently across AWS and wants to shape how a cutting-edge platform is built, rather than just work within it? This is an excellent opportunity to join our growing Cloud Platform Engineering team at its technical heart.

Working in a market leading Financial Services organisation, for the benefit of millions of customers, this role puts you at the centre of a large, dynamic cloud platform. Help us scale it, sharpen it, and serve our customers better, helping to grow and lead the next generation of talent as we do it.

A bit about the role:

This is a hands‑on role for someone who leads through expertise. You'll help shape and deliver complex, high-impact pieces of work from start to finish, and set standards for how we engineer on AWS, helping to define architecture, tooling and best practice to shape the platform for years to come, not just for this sprint. You'll support engineers through key deliveries, lending your judgement where it counts and lifting the bar for everyone around you.

You'll work shoulder to shoulder with engineering leaders and our internal customer teams, turning ambitious ideas into resilient, well‑architected reality. You'll spot the improvements that matter, line them up against Aviva's technology priorities, and help drive them through to delivery.

We favour cloud-native services, and treat Infrastructure as Code as the rule, not the exception.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Deep expertise across AWS cloud engineering, utilising IaC tools such as Terraform and Ansible to deliver through CI/CD.
• The standing to guide other engineers through complex deliveries, leading through influence and example, with a strong security mindset, applying secure‑by‑default principles in how you design and build.
• An understanding for where new technology earns its place, helping the team adopt tools like AI, leading the way in defining ways of working, best practices and standards.
• The ability to explain complex technical information and concepts to someone at any level in the business.
• Experience with using Spec-Driven development techniques to leverage AI tooling, and an understanding of how to apply Agentic development practices to your workflows.

What you’ll get for this role:

Our purpose - with you today, for a better tomorrow – is a promise we make to our colleagues too.And one of the ways we live up to that promiseisby investing in you.We have so much to offer when it comes to being an Aviva colleague.

• Startingsalary Circa £85k (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications)
• Bonus opportunity 12% – actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s
• Generouspensionscheme e.g. if you put in 8%, Aviva adds 14% in.
• 29 daysholidayplus bank holidays,and you can choosetobuyorsell up to 5days
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefitto help you get expert support when you need it
• Make your money go further -Up to 40%discountonAviva products, and other retailer discounts
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through ourMatching Share Planand share in the success of Aviva with ourSave As You Earnscheme
• Brilliantlysupportive policiesincluding parentalandcarer’s leave
• Flexible benefitsto suit you, includingsustainability optionssuch as cycle to work
• Make a difference,be part of our Aviva Communitiesand useyour3paid volunteering daysto help others
• We take yourwellbeingseriously withlots of support and tools

Aviva is for everyone:

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if youdon’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working –spendingat least50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.