Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer

Target Group

Cardiff

On-site

GBP 30,000 - 50,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday

Hybrid work

Pension 6% match

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Annual bonus

Pay review

Job summary

Target Group is seeking a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer to design, build, secure and optimise AWS-based platforms, balancing automation with reliability and scale across critical services.

You’ll lead by example, mentoring engineers, setting engineering standards and providing technical direction across DevOps, cloud engineering and security teams to drive secure-by-design architectures and resilient, cost-efficient deployments.

Qualifications

Extensive hands-on AWS experience across compute, networking, storage and security.
Deep expertise in AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ALB/NLB and PrivateLink.
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Terragrunt and/or CloudFormation.
Proven experience with CI/CD, GitOps, containerisation and Kubernetes/EKS, plus scripting in Python, Bash or PowerShell.

Responsibilities

Acting as a senior technical authority for DevOps, cloud engineering and AWS platform design.
Leading the design, deployment and optimisation of secure, scalable and highly available AWS architectures.
Defining engineering standards, patterns and best practices for infrastructure, networking, security and automation.
Providing technical leadership for AWS networking, including VPC design, Transit Gateway, Route 53, load balancing and hybrid connectivity.
Championing Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and GitOps using Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or GitLab CI.
Embedding security, observability, compliance and reliability into cloud-native and hybrid platforms.
Mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions and helping raise capability across the wider engineering community.

Job description

Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer

Permanent | Hybrid (flexible) | Up to £50,000

At Target Group, we build secure, scalable technology that powers critical services — and we’re looking for a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer to help lead the next phase of our cloud and platform journey.

This is an exciting opportunity for a hands‑on technical leader who thrives in AWS, DevOps automation, cloud networking and security. If you enjoy shaping engineering standards, mentoring others and building resilient platforms that enable modern delivery at scale, we’d love to hear from you.

What can you expect?

As a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer, you’ll be a technical leader responsible for designing, building, securing and optimising cloud infrastructure and networking on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform.

You’ll lead by example through hands‑on engineering while providing technical direction, standards and guidance across our DevOps and cloud engineering community. From shaping highly scalable, resilient and cost‑efficient platforms to influencing tooling, automation and operational excellence, you’ll play a key role in how we build for the future.

Working closely with DevOps, Security, SRE, platform and delivery teams, you’ll help shape secure‑by‑design architectures, drive best practice in automation and reliability, and support a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement.

What you’ll be doing

Acting as a senior technical authority for DevOps, cloud engineering and AWS platform design
Leading the design, deployment and optimisation of secure, scalable and highly available AWS architectures
Defining engineering standards, patterns and best practices for infrastructure, networking, security and automation
Providing technical leadership for AWS networking, including VPC design, Transit Gateway, Route 53, load balancing and hybrid connectivity
Championing Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and GitOps approaches using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or GitLab CI
Embedding security, observability, compliance and reliability into cloud‑native and hybrid platforms
Mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions and helping raise capability across the wider engineering community

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership and collaboration skills — someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges and supporting others to do their best work.

Extensive hands‑on AWS experience across compute, networking, storage and security
Deep expertise in AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ALB/NLB and PrivateLink
Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Terragrunt and/or CloudFormation
Proven experience with CI/CD, GitOps, containerisation and Kubernetes/EKS, plus strong scripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell

Desirable (but not essential):

Experience supporting large‑scale data or analytics platforms
Knowledge of Zero Trust and identity‑centric security models
Experience with SIEM/SOC tooling and cloud threat detection capabilitiesExposure to AWS Control Tower, Organisations and multi‑account governance
AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps, Security Specialty or FinOps‑related accreditation
A degree in Computer Science, IT, Cloud Computing or a related discipline

Why join Target?

We’re proud to offer a competitive and flexible benefits package, designed to support your wellbeing, lifestyle and career growth:

Core Benefits

Competitive salary of up to £50,000 per annum depending on skills and experience
30 days holiday plus bank holidays – from day one
Hybrid working policy
Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (employer matched up to 6%)
Company‑paid Private Medical Insurance (benefit in kind)
Group Life Assurance
Group Income Protection
Discretionary annual bonus scheme
Annual pay review

Flexible & Lifestyle Benefits