Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS)

Location: Central London – Hybrid - circa 3 days onsite in Central London

Cloudscaler are based in Central London, with customers across the UK. Travel to our customer sites is required, the frequency of which will vary from customer-to-customer up to 3 days per week onsite. The customer that these vacancies are signposted for requires an onsite presence of 1 day every 2 weeks in Bath.

Salary: £70,000 – £95,000
Eligibility: UK-based

Security Clearance
You must be eligible for SC clearance (you don’t need active clearance, we’ll sponsor it).
Willingness to obtain DV clearance in the future is a bonus.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior AWS Cloud Engineer to lead the build and operation of secure, enterprise-scale cloud platforms for central government and private enterprise organisations clients.

You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders on complex cloud transformation projects, applying AWS best practices, security-first thinking, and modern platform engineering principles.

• Designing and building AWS Landing Zones and multi-tenant cloud environments

• Creating infrastructure using Terraform (IaC)

• Implementing secure, scalable solutions in regulated environments

• Developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

• Applying SRE principles to ensure reliability, resilience, and operational excellence

• Collaborating with internal teams and external clients to drive cloud success

We’re looking for someone who brings hands-on technical expertise and strategic thinking, with experience in:

• Enterprise-scale AWS platforms

• AWS Landing Zone implementation

• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

• Secure cloud architecture environments and operations

• Working in highly-regulated, central government or defence clients

• Communicating technical concepts to a range of stakeholders

We’re cloud specialists, AWS experts, and trusted advisors to government and enterprise clients. We combine deep technical knowledge with a collaborative, people-first culture.

• Discretionary bonus

• Discretionary security clearance bonus for those holding certain clearance

• Discretionary utilisation bonus

• Periodic offer of share options schemes

• 25 days’ annual leave

• 5 additional days per year towards training, certifications, or charity work

• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year

• Public holidays opt-out scheme, the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you

• Certifications and training expensed

• Life Assurance

• Long Term Disability cover

• Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)

• Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support

• 24/7 GP access

• Pension auto-enrolment and contribution

• Employee referral scheme

• Client referral scheme

• Cycle to work scheme

• Travel expenses policy

We keep things simple and transparent:

1. Screening call – with our Talent Acquisition team

2. First interview (30 mins) – with some of our engineering colleagues (remote)

3. Technical interview (60 mins) – with some of our engineering colleagues (remote)

4. Final interview (60 mins) – with our leadership team (in-person)

If you're ready to build impactful, secure, and scalable AWS solutions — we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today or reach out with any questions.

Cloudscaler are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, parental status, religion or medical history.

If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please let us know when you speak to our Talent Acquisition team or contact [email protected] at the earliest opportunity.