Senior AWS Cloud Engineer — Kubernetes & IaC Specialist

Entrust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Entrust in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, implement and maintain a scalable AWS cloud infrastructure to support our microservices-based applications.

The role demands deep expertise in AWS/EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform or OpenTofu, Istio, and CI/CD with Jenkins, plus strong scripting (Bash, Python) and collaboration skills for day-2 operations like upgrades, backups and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT infrastructure with at least 3+ years in AWS cloud.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and AWS EKS.
• Strong knowledge of core AWS services like EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, CloudWatch.
• Experience with Splunk and Datadog configuration.
• IaC experience using Terraform or OpenTofu.
• Hands-on management of EKS clusters.
• Experience with Istio service mesh integration with Kubernetes.
• CI/CD with Jenkins or similar tools.
• Scripting in Bash and Python for automation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration.
• Experience day-2 operations (upgrades, backups, cost optimization).

Skills

AWS cloud expertise

Kubernetes (EKS)

Terraform / OpenTofu IaC

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Scripting (Bash Python)

Monitoring/Logging (Datadog Splunk)

Istio service mesh

Cloud security best practices

Linux/Unix administration

Communication & collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

OpenTelemetry

Helm charts

Docker

Git

Job description

Entrust in Cambridge is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to design, implement and maintain a scalable AWS cloud infrastructure to support our microservices-based applications.

The role demands deep expertise in AWS/EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform or OpenTofu, Istio, and CI/CD with Jenkins, plus strong scripting (Bash, Python) and collaboration skills for day-2 operations like upgrades, backups and cost optimization.