Senior AWS Cloud Full-Stack Engineer | Public Sector Ready

International Business Machines Corporation; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Private medical, dental & optical

Employee Assistance Program

Group pension plan through salary-sacr

Flexible working approaches

Job summary

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow in the public sector is hiring engineers to design, develop, test, and maintain full‑stack applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies. You will work on secure, scalable AWS cloud solutions and collaborate with architects, product owners, and security specialists to deliver business‑aligned outcomes.

Expect to implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK/CloudFormation), develop CI/CD pipelines, and apply DevSecOps practices.

Qualifications

• Proven experience developing full-stack applications using modern technologies such as JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Node.js, Java, or Python.
• Strong hands-on expertise in AWS cloud services, architecture, deployment, and application modernisation.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Git, automated testing, containerisation, and DevSecOps practices.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and database technologies, including SQL and NoSQL.
• Experience implementing cloud security controls, IAM, encryption, secrets management, logging, and monitoring.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and optimise application performance, scalability, resilience, and cost.
• Experience working in Agile teams, conducting code reviews, and applying software engineering best practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to deliver secure solutions for UK public sector clients.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain full-stack applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies.
• Build and manage secure, scalable cloud solutions using AWS services, including Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKS, S3, RDS, and DynamoDB.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CDK, or CloudFormation.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and DevSecOps processes.
• Apply secure coding practices, IAM controls, encryption, and monitoring to meet public sector security and compliance requirements.
• Design and integrate REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise systems.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and optimise application performance, resilience, and cloud costs.
• Collaborate with architects, product owners, security specialists, and stakeholders to deliver business-aligned solutions.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor developers, and promote engineering best practices.
• Contribute to Agile ceremonies, technical documentation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Active UK Government eSC or eDV security clearance, as required by the client.

Skills

Full-stack development with modern js/

AWS cloud services

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

REST APIs & microservices

Cloud security & IAM

Agile & code reviews

Communication with stakeholders

Security clearance (UK eSC/eDV)

Tools

AWS Lambda

API Gateway

ECS/EKS

S3

RDS

DynamoDB

Job description

IBM Consulting UK FutureNow in the public sector is hiring engineers to design, develop, test, and maintain full‑stack applications using modern front-end and back-end technologies. You will work on secure, scalable AWS cloud solutions and collaborate with architects, product owners, and security specialists to deliver business‑aligned outcomes.

Expect to implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK/CloudFormation), develop CI/CD pipelines, and apply DevSecOps practices.