SC Cleared AWS Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Experis UK
£600 Per day
Inside
Remote
Great Malvern, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The SC Cleared AWS Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and managing cloud-based infrastructure and services using Infrastructure as Code, primarily on AWS. The role involves collaboration with various engineering and assurance teams to ensure compliance and best practices. The position requires strong cloud skills, automation expertise, and the ability to mentor colleagues while engaging in agile development practices. This is a remote role with occasional meetings in Malvern, lasting until December 2025 with potential for extension.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and deploy AWS cloud infrastructure and services for P-AIC systems.
- Identify problems and provide pragmatic solutions within time and budget constraints.
- Deliver technical presentations, documentation, test plans, user guides, and process documents.
- Lead or contribute to testing activities and documentation as required.
- Promote best practices, mentor colleagues, and present continuous improvement ideas.
- Engage in agile development and upskill in SAFe practices as necessary.
- Support security, safety, and compliance activities throughout the design lifecycle.
- Assist in estimation and change control processes as needed.
Key Skills:
- Strong demonstrable cloud skills, particularly in AWS.
- Experience with a broad range of cloud services and automation tools like Ansible.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IAC) best practices.
- Understanding of cloud security best practices and Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills, with experience in incident response.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and configuration control (Git).
- Experience with Terraform and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Associate or similar.
- Proficiency in deploying and managing Microsoft Windows Server and Active Directory.
Salary (Rate): £600 daily
City: Great Malvern
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Job Title: SC Cleared AWS Engineer
Location: Remote with occasional visits to Malvern for meetings
Duration: Initially until December 2025 with possible extension
Rate: Up to £600 per day via an approved umbrella company
Role Description
Cloud Engineer will be responsible for designing, developing, and managing cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and services using Infrastructure as Code. Collaboration with and supporting other engineering teams and assurance teams to ensure alignment with compliance requirements.
Responsibilities & Output
- Design, develop and deploy AWS cloud infrastructure and services to support the delivery and running of P-AIC systems.
- Working to time and budget, the candidate will be responsible for identifying problems, providing pragmatic solutions and Delivering outputs which may include:
- Technical presentation
- Technical documentation
- Test plans and reports
- User guides and work instructions
- Design or process documents
- Infrastructure or software build
- System installation or integration
- CI/CD Pipelines
- Lead or contribute to documentation as required.
- Lead or contribute to testing activities as required.
- Promote best practice, mentor colleagues, and identify continuous improvement ideas and presentation of approaches to internal and external colleagues for awareness.
- Fully engage in the agile development approach, upskilling in SAFe practices where necessary (training can be provided).
- Support and engage with security, safety and compliance activities, incorporating derived requirements into evolution of the design through life.
- Support estimation and the change control processes as needed.
Essential Skills
At least some of the following:
- Strong Demonstrable Cloud Skills
- Proficiency in using AWS.
- Experience with a broad range of cloud services.
- Automation
- Strong scripting skills and automation using tools like Ansible.
- Continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline knowledge.
- Strong IAC
- Advanced use of IAC tools and best practices.
- Able to design and implement complex infrastructure.
- Security Knowledge
- Knowledge of cloud security best practices.
- Familiarity and competency with Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Troubleshooting And Debugging
- Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
- Experience In Incident Response.
- Experience working to an Agile methodology
- Ability to write technical documentation
- Configuration control (Git)
- Experience With Terraform
Desirable Skills
- Containers And Orchestration
- Understanding of containerisation (Docker).
- Experience with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes, EKS
- Experience with Helm Chart
- Web hosting
- Networking
- IT Security
- Virtual applications/desktops
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect: Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator, or similar
Strong Microsoft Skills
- Proficiency in deploying and managing Microsoft Windows Server
- Proficiency in deploying and managing Active Directory
- Able to mentor junior members of the team
- GitLab
If this is the role for you please submit your CV at your earliest convenience.