Cloud Engineer
Job Summary
We are seeking talented Cloud Engineers to support the transformation of critical national infrastructure to public cloud. You will be part of a DevOps team responsible for transitioning legacy infrastructure to AWS using modern engineering best practices. The role requires a highly technical individual comfortable working in Agile teams with a focus on scalability and sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Transition legacy infrastructure to AWS
- Maintain critical national infrastructure systems
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Collaborate with development and testing teams
- Automate deployment and configuration pipelines
Required Skills
- AWS and Linux technologies
- Terraform and Ansible
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Agile methodologies
- SC Security Clearance eligibility
Job Details
The Role:
Due to growth within UK programmes, we will need talented Cloud Engineers throughout the course of 2026. You will be part of a DevOps team transforming, supporting, and maintaining a system of critical national infrastructure to public cloud adhering to engineering best practices.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work closely with team members and the broader programme to transition legacy infrastructure to AWS Cloud.
- Implement creative solutions to problems using innovative design, implementation, and testing of systems and services.
- Focus on scalability and sustainability in system architecture.
- Interact closely with developers and testers to maintain systems.
- Support other team members where required.
Required Skills:
- Demonstrable experience of transitioning legacy platforms to AWS.
- Implementation of solutions using AWS with Linux technologies.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible.
- Experience working in a DevOps environment.
- Applying security to all workloads.
- Working with CI/CD infrastructure pipelines.
- Automating deployment and configuration pipelines of COTS software.
- Experience working in Agile teams (Scrum or Kanban).
- Excellent communication skills.
- Candidate must be a UK National.
- Must be able to obtain an SC level clearance.
Desired Skills:
- AWS Qualifications.
- Experience working with the Atlassian toolset (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo).
- Experience with biometric systems.
Clearance Requirements:
- Clearance to Start: BPSS.
- Clearance for Role: SC.
- Must be willing to undergo SC or DV clearance dependent upon the security requirements for the role.