Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS) - Contractor Positions

Stelfox IT Recruitment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 138,000 - 185,000; Part time

Job summary

Stelfox IT Recruitment is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Engineer for a daily rate contract, operating in a hybrid model from Ireland. You'll join a cloud platform team focusing on automation, IaC, and secure pipelines.

The role demands deep AWS expertise, SRE practices, and collaboration with security, engineering, and operations to deliver governed, scalable cloud solutions. Prior fintech/regulated industry experience is valued.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in software/platform engineering or SRE with 4+ years AWS.
• Experience designing production-grade cloud infra in regulated environments.
• Strong scripting knowledge and CI/CD/GitOps experience.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering, security, and operations to deliver well-architected AWS solutions.
• Automate infrastructure as code and secure delivery pipelines.
• Contribute to cost/performance optimization across large cloud environments.

Skills

AWS

Cloud architecture

SRE practices

GitOps

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Dynatrace

Job description

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer - Daily Rate Contract - Hybrid-Working Model - Excellent NEW Roles

Our client is looking to hire a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (Contractor) x2 with hands-on experience in AWS infrastructure to help build and support cloud-native environments.

In this role, the successful candidate will work as a key contributor within a cloud platform team, focusing on automation, infrastructure as code, and secure delivery pipelines to: collaborate with engineering, security, and operations teams to deliver well-architected solutions aligned with industry best practices.

Skills Required:

• 8-10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or site reliability engineering, including 4+ years of direct experience with AWS.
• Proven experience designing production-grade cloud infrastructure in regulated environments.
• Deep understanding of cloud security, networking, identity and access management, and governance within AWS.
• Advanced knowledge of networking (firewalls, DNS, Load Balancing, Proxies, etc.)
• Proficiency in a scripting or programming language (e.g., Python, Go, Shell).
• Experience with continuous integration/delivery pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset.
• Experience with multi-account cloud architecture, landing zones, or control tower setups.
• Familiarity with zero-trust architecture, data encryption, and key management systems (KMS).
• Strong proficiency with using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform to build cloud infrastructure solutions and automating cloud deployments.
• Prior experience in financial services, fintech, or other regulated industries.
• Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., EKS/Kubernetes).
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk, or Dynatrace, as well as AWS native tools
• Experience optimizing cost and performance across large-scale cloud environments.
• Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in cloud engineering communities.

Please note:

We have a number of similar positions currently, and in the future, which we would like to discuss with you should you indicate your interest in this role. When we receive your application for this role, we will contact you to advise you of our process for other similar positions.

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We look forward to working with you.