Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Account Management

Disney; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical insurance & dental

Free park entry for you and family

Disney discounts on products and park/

Parental leave

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Disney Streaming is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Cloud Account Management in Manchester. You will design, build, and support automation tools to enable secure, self-service workflows in the AWS environment, while guiding DevOps teams on secure cloud practices.

The role involves working with a talented CAM team to deliver scalable cloud solutions, IAM policy management, and incident response. Collaboration across engineering and production platforms is key.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent.
• Experience building on public cloud, preferably AWS.
• Hands-on AWS Security/IAM administration and policy creation for many users/workloads.
• Familiarity with Docker and containerization concepts.
• Experience with Unix/Linux systems.
• Clear written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Write automation tools for your team and internal teams to self-service, deploy, detect, alert, and mitigate in AWS environments.
• Champion and implement security standards for operating in the cloud.
• Configure and manage IAM permissions for users and workloads in AWS.
• Provide guidance on service design and deployments to development teams.
• Own initiatives and contribute to future solution designs and planning.
• Be a technical resource across levels and cross-functional teams.
• Monitor and address inbound issues as they arise.

Skills

AWS

Python

CI/CD tooling

Docker

Unix/Linux

IAM security

Communication

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Spinnaker

Jenkins

Job description

Job Posting Title:

Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Account Management

Req ID:

10145597

Job Description:

About the Role & Team

The Production Platform Foundations team is a horizontal service team providing both tools and guidance across the organization for operations in AWS. We strive to act as a productivity multiplier, providing consulting and operational support to Application teams to help them drive their adoption of AWS services in conjunction with their existing infrastructure. We work closely with those groups to offer a 'cloud-native' perspective on application architecture, infrastructure, and deployment strategies.

A Senior Software Engineer on the Cloud Account Management (CAM) team is a security-focused cloud engineer responsible for designing, building, and supporting automation and tooling initiatives that further enable secure, compliant, self-service ways of working for both the team and the developer base. In addition, this role will provide operational and technical guidance to Application Development (DevOps) teams that are utilizing the AWS environment at Disney Streaming. This position will report to the Engineering Manager and will interact with other Software Engineers in the Cloud Account Management (CAM) team

Here are a few reasons why we’d love working here:

Building the future of Disney’s media: Our Technologists are designing and building the products and platforms that will power our media, advertising, and distribution businesses for years to come.

Reach, Scale & Impact: More than ever, Disney’s technology and products serve as a signature doorway for fans' connections with the company’s brands and stories. Disney+. Hulu. ESPN. ABC. ABC News…and many more. These products and brands – and the unmatched stories, storytellers, and events they carry – matter to millions of people globally.

Innovation: We develop and implement groundbreaking products and techniques that shape industry norms, and solve complex and distinctive technical problems.

This role will be based in ourManchester office, 4 days a week, with either a Monday or Friday working from home.

Values

You’lljoin a team grounded in ourDisney values— acting with Integrity, welcoming everyone through Inclusion, embracing boundless Creativity, working together throughCollaborationand caring deeply for ourCommunity. These values shape how we work and how we support one another every day.

What You Will Do

• Write automation tools for your team and other internal teams to self-service, deploy, detect, alert, and mitigate in our AWS environments
• Champion and execute best practices and security standards for operating in the cloud
• Troubleshoot and implement appropriate IAM permissions for user access and workloads running in AWS
• Provide guidance and recommendations to development teams on service design and deployments
• Own initiatives and contribute to future solution designs and planning
• Be a go-to technical resource on the team, spanning across levels and cross functional teams
• Monitor and work on inbound issues

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 5+years of professional software engineering experience, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experiencebuilding on public cloud, preferably AWS.
• Experience with deployment and CI/CD tools - Terraform, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker, and Jenkins.
• Relevant software engineering experience, primarily backend (python, database, building APIs)
• Hands-on AWS Security/IAM administration and policy-creation experience for many users and workloads
• Familiarity with Docker and containerization concepts
• Experience with Unix/Linux systems
• Exhibit clear, succinct written and verbal communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders. Taking a practical, collaborative approach when working with engineers.
• Familiarity with operational troubleshooting tools and techniques

The Perks

• 25 daysannual leave
• Private medical insurance & dental care
• Free Park Entry: You will have the opportunity to enter any of our parks with your family and friends for free
• Disney Discounts: you are entitled to discounts on designated Disney products, resort F&Band ticketing
• Excellent parental and guardian leave
• Employee Resource Groups – WOMEN @ Disney, DisneyMosaic, Disney PRIDE, ourdisability & neurodiversity focused group - ENABLED, and our Mental Health & Wellbeing Group, TRUST.

The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our audiences, and where all can thrive and belong. Disney is committedto forming a team that includes and respects a variety of voices, identities, backgrounds,experiencesand perspectives.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation toparticipatein the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Job Posting Segment:

PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Tech Enablement

Job Posting Primary Business:

PE - Sports, News & Entertainment, Enablement - Infrastructure Engineering

Primary Job Posting Category:

Software Engineer

Employment Type:

Full time

Primary City, State, Region, Postal Code:

Manchester, United Kingdom

Date Posted:

2026-04-06