Senior AWS Cloud Engineer

SENIOR CLOUD ENGINEER (AWS)Up to £75,000 + BenefitsOxford (Hybrid - 1 day per week in office) This is a fantastic opportunity to become the AWS SME within a growing cloud and technology consultancy that is expanding its multi-cloud capabilities. Joining at an exciting stage of growth, you'll have the chance to shape a greenfield AWS environment, influence technical strategy, and play a key role in the firm's future cloud, data and AI initiatives.

THE COMPANY Our client is a collaborative technology and consulting business specialising in cloud, digital transformation and data solutions. With an established Azure capability and growing demand for AWS services, they're looking to bring in an experienced AWS engineer to help build and mature their AWS offering.

This is a high-impact role within a small engineering team, offering significant autonomy, technical ownership and the opportunity to influence architecture, standards and best practices across the business.

THE ROLE

• Design, build and support scalable, secure and resilient AWS cloud infrastructure
• Establish AWS best practices, governance frameworks and engineering standards
• Build AWS Landing Zones and help shape a greenfield AWS capability
• Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and drive automation initiatives
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to improve cloud delivery and operational efficiency
• Partner closely with Azure engineers to support a collaborative multi-cloud environment
• Act as the AWS Subject Matter Expert, providing technical leadership and mentoring junior engineers
• Engage with a range of technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business requirements into cloud solutions

YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Strong hands-on AWS engineering and architecture experience
• Expertise with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking, security and automation
• Scripting experience with Python, PowerShell, AWS CLI or similar technologies
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience introducing, scaling or modernising cloud platforms
• Azure exposure or wider multi-cloud experience would be highly desirable
• AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect or Security Specialty are advantageous
• Consultancy experience or exposure to AI/LLM infrastructure would be beneficial

SALARY AND BENEFITS

• £75,000 base salary
• Annual salary review process
• Hybrid working model (typically one office day per week)
• Opportunity to build and lead AWS capability from the ground up
• Strong progression and technical ownership opportunities