AWS Technical Lead

AWS Technical Lead - £120,000 - £130,000 + 20% Bonus – London (Hybrid) – Investment Banking

Overview:
A market leading Investment Banking organization are searching for an experienced AWS Technical Lead to join one of their growing teams in London on a hybrid basis.

Role & Responsibilities:

Lead the design and implementation of cloud solutions on AWS as the platform is onboarded, ensuring alignment with the organisation’s security, compliance, and architectural standards.
Provide operational (BAU) support for AWS services and contribute to Azure support where required.
Collaborate closely with application, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, scalable, resilient cloud solutions for business applications and services.
Drive improvements in platform stability, security, automation, and cost efficiency, working alongside other cloud team members to establish best practices and reusable patterns.
Produce clear and robust architectural designs based on business and technical requirements and contribute to the development of AWS governance frameworks and landing zone patterns.
Act as a technical point of escalation for AWS-related issues, guiding engineering peers and promoting high standards of cloud engineering across the organisation.
Support AWS onboarding activities, including service enablement, landing zone configuration, guardrail implementation, and integration with enterprise tooling.Technical Requirements:

Strong hands-on AWS engineering experience designing, deploying, and supporting production cloud environments
Experience building scalable, secure, and cost-effective AWS architectures aligned to Well-Architected best practices
Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
Scripting and automation experience using Python, PowerShell, or similar technologies
Experience with CI/CD tooling and Git-based workflows including pull requests and branching strategies
Strong understanding of AWS security, IAM, governance, networking, and hybrid connectivity
Proven troubleshooting experience across networking, compute, identity, and automation layers
Experience producing technical documentation, operational runbooks, and engineering standards
Knowledge of REST APIs and cloud integrations
Exposure to multi-cloud environments including Azure and Oracle Cloud preferred
Experience with AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, and IAM
Experience with CI/CD and automation platforms such as GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps
Exposure to Azure services including Networking, App Services, Storage, and Function Apps advantageousPackage:

£100,000 - £120,000 Basic Salary
20% Annual Bonus
London (Hybrid)
AWS Technical Lead - £120,000 - £130,000 + 20% Bonus – London (Hybrid) – Investment Banking