Permanent | Hybrid Working | South Wales
Are you an experienced Cloud Engineer looking for an opportunity to shape cloud strategy, influence technical decisions, and take ownership of a growing multi-cloud environment?
We're supporting a well-established organisation undergoing a significant digital transformation programme. As part of this journey, they're looking to appoint a Cloud Systems Engineer to lead the design, security, operation and continuous improvement of their cloud platforms.
This role will suit someone who thrives on solving complex technical challenges, enjoys working across multiple teams, and wants to play a key role in delivering secure, resilient and scalable cloud services.
The Role
As the Cloud Systems Engineer, you'll act as the organisation's cloud subject matter expert, taking primary responsibility for AWS environments while also supporting Azure and Microsoft 365 services.
You'll be responsible for designing, implementing and managing cloud infrastructure, ensuring platforms remain secure, cost-effective, highly available and aligned to best practice.
Working closely with infrastructure, development, cyber security and support teams, you'll provide both hands-on engineering expertise and strategic technical guidance.
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Engineering & Architecture
Design, build and maintain secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure
Develop cloud architectures aligned with industry best practice and the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation and similar technologies)
Design secure multi-account environments, networking and connectivity solutions
Define cloud standards, patterns and engineering best practices
Support the organisation's ongoing digital transformation initiatives
Security, Identity & Governance
Implement and maintain secure identity and access management controls
Apply Zero Trust and least-privilege security principles
Integrate AWS workloads with Microsoft Entra ID
Manage cloud-native security services, monitoring and alerting
Work alongside cyber security teams to improve security posture and reduce risk
Resilience & Operations
Manage monitoring, performance and availability across cloud environments
Design and maintain backup, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions
Provide 3rd line support for cloud-related incidents and technical issues
Support service reliability and operational excellence
Cost & Performance Optimisation
Monitor cloud consumption and costs
Implement governance, reporting and optimisation measures
Balance performance, resilience and commercial efficiency
What We're Looking For
Essential Experience
Strong hands-on AWS engineering experience within an enterprise or commercial environment
Experience acting as a cloud SME or technical authority
Experience designing and operating secure cloud platforms
Strong infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code experience
Experience working closely with cyber security teams
Technical Skills
AWS EC2, Auto Scaling and Load Balancing
VPC design, networking and connectivity
RDS and managed database services
Lambda and event-driven architectures
IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager and Parameter Store
CloudWatch, CloudTrail and AWS Config
GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF and other AWS security services
AWS Organizations
Azure networking, virtual machines and monitoring
Microsoft Entra ID, MFA and Conditional Access
AWS and Azure identity integration
Desirable
Microsoft 365 administration and governance
IBM Cloud exposure
Hybrid or multi-cloud experience
Experience supporting large-scale transformation programmes
Knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC and SAML
Certifications
Highly desirable:
AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional
Additional certifications welcomed:
AWS Security Specialty
Azure Certifications
Microsoft 365 Certifications
Security+
CCNA
Other infrastructure, networking or cyber security qualifications
What's in It for You?
Salary of £47,00 - £51,000
Hybrid working model in South Wales
Generous annual leave entitlement
Excellent pension scheme
Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
Opportunity to play a key role in a major cloud transformation programme
Collaborative and supportive working environment
Apply Now
If you're a skilled AWS-focused Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer looking to combine architecture, security, automation and technical leadership in a highly visible role, we'd love to hear from you
Salary description
£47000.00 - £51000.00 per year