Cloud Engineer

19 hours ago

London Area, United Kingdom Calobra Full time

Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer (AWS) – Contract

Contract Length:
6 months (initial)

Rate:
£500 per day

IR35:
Outside IR35

Location:
London (some onsite presence required)

We are seeking an experienced
Infrastructure & Cloud Engineer
to support a globally recognised organisation in the creative sector during a period of technology transformation.

This is a hands-on contract role with responsibility for designing, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available AWS-based infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage
    AWS cloud architecture
    ensuring scalability, resilience, and high availability
  • Automate infrastructure and application provisioning, configuration, and deployment
  • Manage
    containerised environments (Amazon ECS)
    and
    serverless workloads (AWS Lambda)
  • Provide
    3rd line support and escalation
    for complex infrastructure issues
  • Optimise and maintain
    cloud-managed network environments
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning to ensure platform reliability
  • Collaborate with architects, developers, and security teams to align infrastructure with business requirements
  • Maintain and optimise
    Linux-based systems
    , including scripting and automation
  • Ensure adherence to
    AWS security best practices
    , including IAM, encryption, and monitoring

Skills & Experience Required

  • Proven experience as an
    Infrastructure Engineer
    in a transformation or change environment
  • Strong background as a
    Cloud Engineer, AWS Solutions Architect, or DevOps Engineer
  • Extensive hands-on experience with
    AWS services
    including CloudFormation, ECS, Lambda, EC2, and S3
  • Strong
    Linux system administration
    and scripting skills (Bash, Python, or similar)
  • Experience with infrastructure automation and configuration management
  • Strong knowledge of
    AWS security principles and best practices
  • Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. CloudWatch, ELK, Datadog)
  • Excellent troubleshooting and communication skills

Nice to Have

  • Experience with
    MySQL and/or SQL Server

This role is suited to an AWS-focused contractor looking for an
Outside IR35 engagement
with clear deliverables and strong technical ownership.

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