AWS Cloud Engineer

AWS Cloud Engineer - 2nd Line Support (Contract) \nLocation : 4 days Office based in Central London, 1 day remote\nContract Length : 6 Months\nRate : £250 - £270 per day (Inside IR35)\nStart : ASAP\nAre you an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer looking for your next contract? We're seeking a talented 2nd Line Support Engineer to join a busy team and play a key role in maintaining, troubleshooting, and optimising in a cloud environment.\nWhat You'll Do\n

• Provide 2nd line support across AWS cloud infrastructure and associated services\n
• Troubleshoot incidents, service interruptions, and performance issues\n
• Support deployments, configuration, and maintenance of cloud resources\n
• Work closely with 3rd line, DevOps, and architecture teams to resolve complex issues\n
• Ensure compliance with operational standards, security policies, and best practices\n
• Maintain technical documentation and contribute to process improvements\nRequired Skills & Experience\n
• Strong hands-on AWS experience (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, Lambda, etc.)\n

• Solid knowledge of Linux / Windows administration\n
• Experience with networking fundamentals (DNS, routing, load balancing, firewalls)\n
• Familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools\n
• Understanding of CI / CD pipelines and modern DevOps workflows\n
• Proven background in 2nd line / operational support roles\n
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills\nNice to Have\n
• AWS Certifications (Associate or above)\n
• Experience supporting containerised environments (ECS / EKS / Docker)\n