AWS Cloud Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) in London

AWS Cloud Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

London

mainly Remote, but might require to travel to the offices as and when required - Croydon or London.

12-Month Contract

£662/day (Umbrella)

SC Clearance Required

Inside IR35

About the Role

We’re looking for experienced AWS Cloud Engineers / Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to join a high-impact programme delivering secure, scalable cloud platforms.

This role sits at the intersection of cloud engineering and reliability, focusing on building resilient systems, improving automation, and ensuring production environments run smoothly and efficiently.

You’ll play a key role in designing, building, and operating modern cloud infrastructure while driving Dev

Ops best practices across teams.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing, building, and supporting scalable AWS infrastructure (e.g., Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS)

• Managing and improving CI/CD pipelines using Git

Lab CI

• Implementing monitoring, alerting, and observability with Amazon Cloud

Watch and Grafana

• Automating infrastructure, deployments, and operational processes

• Managing live environments and ensuring high availability and performance

• Troubleshooting incidents and resolving complex production issues

• Collaborating with engineering teams to improve system reliability and delivery speed

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS services, including EC2, networking, and container platforms like Amazon EKS

• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Git

Lab CI)

• Proven ability to monitor and troubleshoot systems using Amazon Cloud

Watch and/or Grafana

• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, TLS, routing, firewalls)

• Experience working in live production environments

• Solid scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash)

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting ability

Desirable Experience

• Kubernetes and container orchestration (e.g., Amazon EKS)

• Experience with artifact repositories such as JFrog Artifactory

• Knowledge of network security tools (WAF, IDS/IPS, e.g., Suricata)

• Experience with AWS Landing Zones and multi-account environments

Additional Information

• Candidates must be eligible for SC Security Clearance

• This is a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment requiring strong ownership and initiative

• Interview process: Technical interview via Microsoft Teams