Principal Cloud Engineer

Addition; West of England; Ibrido; GBP 60.000 - 100.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Hybrid working

Salary up to £100,000

Benefits package

Descrizione del lavoro

Addition seeks a Principal AWS Cloud Engineer to lead AWS infrastructure design and cloud strategy, shaping architecture and governance across secure, scalable environments. The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, collaboration with engineering teams, and mentorship, with hybrid work options in the UK.

Competenze

• Extensive experience with AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of AWS networking (Transit Gateway, Direct Connect).
• Expertise in infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• Proficient software engineering with Python/Go/Java/Node.js.
• Proven leadership, mentoring and cross-team collaboration.

Mansioni

• Architect complex, multi-region AWS environments aligned with roadmaps.
• Provide technical leadership across engineering squads.
• Design highly resilient, scalable, secure distributed cloud systems.
• Maintain modular IaC using Terraform, AWS CDK or Pulumi.
• Build internal developer platforms and CI/CD frameworks.
• Drive cost optimisation and cloud efficiency.
• Mentor engineers across levels and promote engineering best practices.
• Collaborate with wider product teams to integrate cloud infra.

Conoscenze

AWS

Cloud engineering

Leadership

IaC

Networking

Strumenti

Terraform

AWS CDK

Pulumi

Descrizione del lavoro

Principal AWS Cloud Engineer

Salary: Up to £100,000 (dependent on experience) + Benefits

Location: Bristol / Malvern / Farnborough

Job Type: Permanent | Full Time | Hybrid

We’re partnering with an innovative organisation operating at the forefront of defence, security and technology to appoint an experienced Principal AWS Cloud Engineer.

This is an excellent opportunity for an accomplished cloud engineering professional to take a senior technical leadership role, shaping cloud strategy and architecture while working with highly resilient, scalable and secure AWS environments.

You’ll work across engineering teams to influence technical direction, establish cloud engineering best practice and help develop platforms and infrastructure capable of supporting complex, business-critical technology.

The Opportunity

As Principal AWS Cloud Engineer, you’ll provide technical leadership across cloud infrastructure and platform engineering, helping define the organisation’s overarching cloud strategy and architectural direction.

You’ll act as a senior technical authority and escalation point, working closely with engineering leadership while providing guidance and mentorship to engineers across different levels of experience.

This is a hands‑on technical leadership position requiring deep AWS expertise alongside strong architecture, Infrastructure as Code and software engineering experience.

You’ll also play an important role in developing engineering standards and promoting a culture of continuous learning, peer review and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

You’ll play a key role in shaping and delivering the organisation’s cloud engineering capability by:

• Architecting complex, multi‑region and highly available AWS environments aligned with long‑term technology and product roadmaps.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance across multiple engineering squads.
• Designing highly resilient, scalable and secure distributed cloud systems.
• Maintaining complex, modular Infrastructure as Code using technologies such as Terraform, AWS CDK or Pulumi.
• Architecting internal developer platforms and enterprise‑grade CI/CD frameworks that enable engineering teams to operate autonomously and securely.
• Evaluating emerging AWS services and third‑party technologies to identify opportunities to strengthen the technology stack and reduce time‑to‑market.
• Driving AWS cost optimisation initiatives and identifying opportunities to improve cloud efficiency.
• Resolving systemic performance bottlenecks across microservices, databases and network layers.
• Working cross‑functionally to ensure cloud infrastructure integrates effectively with wider product development.
• Mentoring Senior, Mid‑Level and Junior Engineers and supporting the continued development of cloud engineering capability across the organisation.

About You

You’ll be an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer with extensive experience designing and delivering complex cloud infrastructure at scale.

You’ll also have:

• Extensive professional experience working specifically with AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Expert knowledge of the wider AWS ecosystem, including complex networking technologies such as Transit Gateway and Direct Connect.
• Strong knowledge across AWS compute, data storage, networking and enterprise security configurations.
• Exceptional proficiency in Infrastructure as Code and configuration management.
• Strong software engineering experience with deep expertise in at least one modern programming language, such as Python, Go, Java or Node.js.
• Proven experience designing, deploying and maintaining large‑scale distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Demonstrable experience leading significant technical projects and influencing technical decision‑making across multiple teams.
• The ability to build consensus across engineering teams and contribute to wider engineering culture and best practice.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to operate as a trusted technical advisor to engineering leadership.
• A minimum of AWS Associate certification or higher.

Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to take on a highly influential technical position within an organisation delivering complex technology across defence, security and innovation.

In return, you’ll benefit from:

• Salary of up to £100,000, dependent on experience.
• Competitive benefits package.
• Permanent, full‑time position.
• Hybrid working across Bristol, Malvern or Farnborough.
• The opportunity to shape cloud architecture and engineering strategy at a senior level.
• Exposure to complex, large‑scale AWS environments and cutting‑edge technologies.
• The opportunity to provide technical leadership and mentorship across established engineering teams.
• A role where your technical decisions will directly influence the organisation’s long‑term cloud capability.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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