Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Cloudscaler, Inc; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A cloud technology company in the UK seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead the development of secure, scalable cloud platforms for government and enterprise clients. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in AWS, Terraform, and experience in highly-regulated environments. Offering competitive salary and excellent benefits including paid training, leave, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus scheme

25 days' annual leave + 5 days for training

Life Assurance

Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing support

Cycle To Work Scheme

Dog friendly office

Qualifications

• Hands-on technical expertise in AWS cloud platforms.
• Experience in regulated environments, especially government or defence.
• Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AWS Landing Zones and multi-tenant environments.
• Create infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Implement secure, scalable solutions in regulated environments.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Enterprise-scale AWS platforms

AWS Landing Zone implementation

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Secure cloud architecture environments

Communication of technical concepts

Tools

Terraform

Job description

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Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Location: Bath, UK, circa 1 day every 2 weeks onsite.

Cloudscaler are based in Central London, with customers across the UK. Travel to our customer sites is required, the frequency of which will vary from customer-to-customer up to 3 days per week onsite. The customer that these vacancies are signposted for requires an onsite presence of 1 day every 2 weeks in Bath.

Salary: £70,000 - £95,000
Eligibility: UK-based

Security Clearance
You must be eligible for SC clearance (you don\'t need active clearance, we\'ll sponsor it).
Willingness to obtain DV clearance in the future is a bonus.

About the Role

We\'re looking for an experienced Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead the build and operation of secure, enterprise-scale cloud platforms for central government and private enterprise organisations clients.

You\'ll work closely with senior stakeholders on complex cloud transformation projects, applying AWS best practices, security-first thinking, and modern platform engineering principles.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and building AWS Landing Zones and multi-tenant cloud environments
• Creating infrastructure using Terraform (IaC)
• Implementing secure, scalable solutions in regulated environments
• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Applying SRE principles to ensure reliability, resilience, and operational excellence
• Collaborating with internal teams and external clients to drive cloud success

What We're Looking For

We\'re looking for someone who brings hands-on technical expertise and strategic thinking, with experience in:

• Enterprise-scale AWS platforms
• AWS Landing Zone implementation
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Secure cloud architecture environments and operations
• Working in highly-regulated, central government or defence clients
• Communicating technical concepts to a range of stakeholders

Why Join Us

We\'re cloud specialists, AWS experts, and trusted advisors to government and enterprise clients. We combine deep technical knowledge with a collaborative, people-first culture.

What you can expect:

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days\' annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering
• 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 office

Interview Process

We keep things simple and transparent:

1. Screening call - with our Talent Acquisition team
2. First interview (30 mins) - with some of our engineering colleagues (remote)
3. Technical interview (60 mins) - with some of our engineering colleagues (remote)
4. Final interview (60 mins) - with our leadership team (in-person)

Apply Now

If you\'re ready to build impactful, secure, and scalable AWS solutions - we\'d love to hear from you.

Apply today or reach out with any questions.

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.