Senior AWS Cloud & Security Infrastructure Engineer

Amplience Ltd.; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in North East England is seeking a Senior Operations Engineer to design and evolve cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS and proven leadership in infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include optimizing cloud architecture, implementing security frameworks, and mentoring junior engineers. This role offers opportunities for career growth and an engaging workplace environment, accompanied by a comprehensive benefits package including pension contributions and holiday leave.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Annual Leave (25 days paid holiday)

Enhanced Maternity Leave

Enhanced Paternity Leave

Sick Pay

Study Leave

Birthday Leave

Company-Wide Recharge Days

Holiday Buy Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Tech Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Charity/Volunteer Days

Payroll Giving

Eyecare

Employee Referral Bonus

Qualifications

• Proven ability to prioritize competing demands and deliver results.
• Demonstrated experience with serverless architectures and container orchestration platforms.
• Direct experience implementing compliance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and optimize cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Lead the implementation of security frameworks.
• Champion infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Contribute to change management processes.
• Lead incident response efforts.
• Partner with engineering and product teams on architecture decisions.

Skills

Extensive hands-on experience architecting and operating production AWS environments at scale

Deep understanding of AWS Well-Architected Framework

Expert-level knowledge of Linux systems administration

Strong networking expertise

Working knowledge of DNS, CDN, caching

Expertise with IaC tooling including AWS CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform

Advanced scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go

Knowledge of modern observability tools

Understanding of security best practices

Experience building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines

Ability to participate in 24/7 support rotations

Job description

A leading technology company in North East England is seeking a Senior Operations Engineer to design and evolve cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in AWS and proven leadership in infrastructure projects. Responsibilities include optimizing cloud architecture, implementing security frameworks, and mentoring junior engineers. This role offers opportunities for career growth and an engaging workplace environment, accompanied by a comprehensive benefits package including pension contributions and holiday leave.