AWS Cloud Engineer
Posted 3 days ago by Skywaves Rise
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The AWS Cloud Engineer role involves maintaining and enhancing AWS cloud infrastructure for a 24/7 banking operation, with a focus on stability, performance, security, and compliance. The position requires designing automation scripts and improving connectivity between AWS accounts and third parties. The engineer will also support application developers and manage vendor relationships while participating in an on-call rotation for platform reliability. This is a hybrid contract position based in London, UK, classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and improve AWS cloud infrastructure for 24/7 bank operations.
- Enhance connectivity between AWS accounts, clients, and third parties.
- Design and create automation scripts and tooling using Bash, Python, and Go.
- Build and support cloud platforms for application developers.
- Manage vendor relationships and coordinate project efforts across business areas.
- Participate in on-call rotation to support platform reliability.
Key Skills:
- Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
- Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
- Understanding of AWS networking concepts.
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes cluster operations (EKS).
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio).
- Experience configuring and managing reverse proxies (Traefik, NGINX, HAProxy).
- Proficiency in Go programming language.
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ICMP, VPN).
- Familiarity with network monitoring and diagnostic tools.
- Commitment to DevOps principles and SDLC best practices.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role : AWS Cloud Engineer
Location : London , UK
Outside IR 35 (Contract position)
Hybrid : 3 days
Maintain and improve AWS cloud infrastructure for 24/7 bank operations, focusing on stability, performance, security, and compliance
Enhance connectivity between AWS accounts, client, and third parties to ensure secure and reliable customer experiences
Design and create automation scripts and tooling using Bash, Python, and Go Language mandatory
Build and support cloud platforms for application developers, improving SDLC and developer experience
Manage vendor relationships and coordinate project efforts across business areas
Participate in on-call rotation to support platform reliability
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
- Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Understanding of AWS networking concepts
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes cluster operations (EKS)
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio)
- Experience configuring and managing reverse proxies (Traefik, NGINX, HAProxy)
- Proficiency in Go programming language
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ICMP, VPN)
- Familiarity with network monitoring and diagnostic tools
- Commitment to DevOps principles and SDLC best practices