I am looking for a Cloud Engineer to join my client on an initial 6 or 12 month engagement. This will be working for a high profile Defence client so you MUST have active eDV / UKIC DV Clearance to be considered for this role. You should have expertise in several of the following areas: Extensive experience with AWS and a strong ability to address complex business challenges, recognized as a subject matter expert in AWS Proven skill in architecting and implementing solutions using AWS services, including EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, KMS, ELB, SNS, SQS, and IAM Proficiency in scripting with languages such as Shell, Bash, or Python Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking, routing, and firewall configurations A deep grasp of AWS operational best practices, particularly in monitoring, observability, and FinOps Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation, CDK, and Terraform Additionally, it would be advantageous to have experience with: AWS Associate-level certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, Developer, or DevOps) Coding proficiency in at least one language compatible with AWS Lambda Working with container technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes, EKS, and ECS Implementing Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, TeamCity, or Bitbucket Conducting automated testing of code using appropriate testing framework You will be expected to be onsite minimum of three days a week in one of their locations across the UK - Locations can be shared confidentially on the phone. This role will be Inside of IR35 paying up to £650 a day. If you are keen to have a chat around this please apply directly here or drop me an email with your updated CV to becca.coombes (url removed)