Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Cloudscaler Limited; London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is looking for a Principal Cloud Engineer specializing in AWS to drive cloud transformations for government bodies. The role involves designing enterprise-scale landing zones and automating complex AWS services. Join a collaborative environment focused on innovation and professional growth.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering

Option to buy an additional 5 days holiday per year

Life Assurance

Long Term Disability cover

Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing Support

Individual training and development plans

Dog friendly offices

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of AWS landing zones and site reliability best practices.
• Experience in automating complex AWS services and cloud platforms.
• Ability to lead complex cloud transformations.

Responsibilities

• Designing complex multi-tenant systems aligned to best practices.
• Building, testing, and deploying AWS landing zones.
• Automation of AWS services using Infrastructure as Code.

Skills

AWS Expertise

Automation

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Site Reliability

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Job description

Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Location: London – Hybrid. circa 2-3 days per week onsite

Salary: £110,000 - £130,000

Defence/SC Clearance Requirements:

Due to working with a number of government bodies, SC clearance is required for our customer facing teams. You do not need active SC clearance as we will undertake checks upon you joining, but you must be eligible to pass SC clearance. In future, DV clearance may be required, so the ability/willingness to pass DV clearance is advantageous but not essential.

Due to the nature of this project we are only able to accept UK based applicants for this role

About us

We are experts in AWS landing zones, cloud risk mitigation and cloud operating models; thought leaders working with public and private sector enterprise organisations to help them unlock the true value of cloud.

Why you should join us

We care about our people and truly believe that high-performing teams are created through openness, collaboration and trust. We ensure that there are opportunities both inside and outside of work to collaborate, share ideas and build connections.

We recognise that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, so we regularly collaborate across all teams and functions, to build a truly inclusive culture, including team socials, quarterly company days, and monthly "town halls".

Recognising that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, our learning and development opportunities are bespoke to each individual; helping you to advance through our transparent career development pathways and achieve your career goals.

What we’re looking for

We are looking for a Principal Cloud Engineer with extensive landing zone knowledge and site reliability best practice. For us, this means experience of designing, building and operating enterprise-scale landing zones within AWS. It also means you need to be able to automate the build of complex AWS services and platforms using Terraform.

We are thought leaders and our Principal Engineers work closely with customer teams, so you need to be opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation and the experience and knowledge to define the technical direction and strategy of teams and systems.

What you’ll be doing

You will be working closely with our customers’ key stakeholders, leading them through complex cloud transformations, using your experience and expertise to deliver best-in-class AWS platforms.

• Designing complex multi-tenant systems aligned to best practice

• Building, testing, packaging, deploying and operating AWS landing zones

• Automating the build of complex AWS Services and Cloud Platforms with IaC

• Packaging services into AMIs, Docker containers or Serverless deployments

• Championing infrastructure as code and opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation

• Scoping container/microservices to design Cloud solutions

• Utilising deployment techniques to enable zero downtime

• Mitigating security risks in AWS and supporting a mature Cloud Security Model

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme

• 25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering

• Option to buy an additional 5 days holiday per year

• Travel and accommodation expensed where eligible in line with our expenses policy

• Life Assurance

• Long Term Disability cover

• Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)

• Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support

• 24/7 GP access

• Public holiday opt-out scheme giving you the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you

• Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered

• Recruitment referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire

• Customer referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer

• Cycle To Work Scheme

• Dog friendly offices

Interview Process

1. Screening call with our Talent Acquisition team

2. 1st Interview - 30 minute remote interview with our hiring team

3. 2nd Interview - 60 minute remote technical interview with members of our engineering team

4. 3rd Interview - 60 minute in person interview with members of our Senior Leadership Team

Cloudscaler are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, parental status, religion or medical history.

If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please let us know when you speak to our Talent Acquisition team or contact [e-mail] at the earliest opportunity.