Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Location: Leeds, United Kingdom; hybrid working with 2 days per week in the Leeds office

Salary: £60,000–£75,000 per annum

Company

Technology consultancy delivering cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions for client projects across multiple sectors.

What you will do

• Design and build cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions for client projects while remaining hands-on.
• Lead complex, high-risk technical components and contribute to architecture and delivery.
• Establish best practices for cloud architecture, security, automation, and infrastructure as code.
• Build and own reliable CI/CD pipelines and deploy containerised workloads.
• Work directly with clients and senior stakeholders to explain technical decisions.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on cloud platform engineering experience, with AWS including Lambda, EC2, ECS, and VPC.
• Experience building and owning reusable Terraform modules.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes or ECS.
• Engineering background with coding experience in Python, Go, JavaScript, or a similar language.
• Comfort working directly with clients and senior stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience with a second cloud platform such as Azure or GCP.
• Consultancy or professional services experience.
• Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Terraform Associate, or CKA.

Culture & Benefits

• 27 days of holiday including a birthday day, plus bank holidays.
• 5% employer pension contribution through salary sacrifice.
• £2,000 annual budget for conferences, courses, and certifications.
• Flexi-pot options including extra holiday, gym membership, private healthcare, or a monthly subscription.
• Life insurance, enhanced parental leave, a paid CSR volunteering day, and an Employee Assistance Programme.