£45,000 - £70,000 GBP

Hybrid WORKING

Location: Leeds / London / Manchester , Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

Cloud Engineer

Location: Leeds / London / Manchester (Hybrid - minimum 3 days per week on-site)

Clearance: Must be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC)

Type: Permanent

Salary: £45,000 - £70,000

About the Role of Cloud Engineer

Are you an experienced Cloud Engineer who thrives on solving complex technical challenges and wants to work with cutting-edge cloud technologies?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled engineering team supporting critical national programmes that help keep the UK safe.

You will work as part of collaborative, autonomous DevOps teams, building cloud-native systems on AWS that directly support mission-critical capabilities.

Expect exposure to a wide range of projects, modern tooling, large-scale platforms, and the freedom to influence technology choices.

This role offers the chance to work across the full delivery lifecycle-designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining services-while being fully supported by a broad engineering community dedicated to continuous learning and innovation.

Key Responsibilities of the Cloud Engineer

• Design, build, deploy and maintain applications and services on AWS
• Contribute to technical decision-making and cloud architecture discussions
• Develop solutions using AWS best practice, cloud-native tooling, and serverless technologies
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform
• Collaborate with end-users and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable systems
• Support CI/CD automation pipelines and modern DevOps workflows
• Work within agile delivery teams (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.)
• Continuously learn, experiment, and adopt new technologies

Essential Skills & Experience of the Cloud Engineer

• Strong hands-on AWS expertise; comfortable acting as a subject matter expert
• Proficiency with key AWS services (e.g., EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS, IAM)
• Scripting experience (Shell, Bash or Python)
• Coding experience in at least one AWS Lambda-compatible language
• Experience with IaC tools (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform)
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git, Mercurial, Perforce)
• Strong communication, problem-solving skills, and eagerness to learn
• Experience working in Agile environments

Desirable Skills of the Cloud Engineer

• AWS Associate certification (Solutions Architect, Developer, or DevOps)
• Microservices and API design experience
• Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS)
• Knowledge of AWS monitoring, observability, and FinOps principles
• CI/CD tooling experience (Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity, Bitbucket)
• Automated testing frameworks
• Working knowledge of Linux, networking, and firewalls

Security Clearance

Due to the nature of the work, candidates must be eligible and willing to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).

You do not need to hold clearance to apply.

What’s on Offer for the Cloud Engineer

• Hybrid working with flexible hours
• 25 days annual leave plus buy/sell options
• Comprehensive benefits package including private medical & dental
• Competitive pension scheme
• Cycle-to-work and other lifestyle benefits
• Annual bonus scheme
• Dedicated Career Manager for progression and development
• Access to extensive training platforms (e.g., online learning, certifications)
• Supportive, inclusive engineering culture with strong diversity networks