Jobs in Lyndhurst

AWS Cloud Operations Engineer - Technical Lead

Large Government Project | Global Tech/AI Business |

Full-Time. UK only
Hybrid Working, Southampton. 2 Days a week onsite.
Applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance

Looking for an opportunity to make a real impact on a major government programme?

We're recruiting an experienced (Tech Lead) AWS Cloud Operations Engineer to join a large-scale project focused on onboarding a major public sector client and delivering highly secure communication services. This is a key role within a growing engineering team, helping to build, support and optimise cloud platforms that underpin critical services.

You'll work across AWS cloud infrastructure, Linux environments, container platforms and databases, helping to ensure secure, scalable and highly available systems.

What we're looking for:

Strong AWS cloud experience - 5+ years (EKS, ECS, EC2, RDS, IAM, VPC)
Linux systems administration expertise - 5+ years
Containerisation and Kubernetes experience - 3+ years
Terraform and Infrastructure as Code knowledge - 3+ years
Database administration experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora or similar)
A passion for reliability, security and continuous improvementWhy apply?

Join a major long-term government project
Work on secure, mission-critical technology
Excellent opportunity to influence architecture and operational excellence
Be part of a global technology organisation investing heavily in growth and innovationIf you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and want to play a key role in a high-profile programme, we'd love to hear from you.

Hit apply to upload your CV or reach out to Steve Wright at Spectrum IT Recuitment.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy