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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # IT Cloud Systems Engineer - **Company:** IntaPeople IT Recruitment - **Location:** Cardiff, UK - **Salary:** £47,000.0 - £51,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Backup Devices, Microsoft Online Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Disaster Recovery, Multi-Factor Authentication, IBM Cloud Computing, Identity and Access Management, OAuth, OpenID, Performance Tuning, Azure Active Directory, Cloud Services, Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), Virtual Machines, Load Balancing, Autoscaling, Multi-Cloud, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Event Driven Architecture, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Opsworks, Cloudwatch - **Published:** July 4, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.intapeople.com/job/it-cloud-systems-engineer-(aws)-25435/apply.aspx ## About the Role Are you an experienced IT Systems/Support Engineer looking for an opportunity to shape cloud strategy, influence technical decisions, and take ownership of a growing multi-cloud environment?, This role will suit someone who thrives on solving complex technical challenges, enjoys working across multiple teams, and wants to play a key role in delivering secure, resilient and scalable cloud services. This role isn't a leadership role with no reporting lines but you would be sitting within a Senior position in a team of 5., * Hands-on AWS engineering experience within an enterprise or commercial environment * Experience acting as a cloud SME or technical authority * Experience designing and operating secure cloud platforms * Strong infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code experience * Experience working closely with cyber security teams, * AWS EC2, Auto Scaling and Load Balancing * VPC design, networking and connectivity * RDS and managed database services * Lambda and event-driven architectures * IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager and Parameter Store * CloudWatch, CloudTrail and AWS Config * GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF and other AWS security services * AWS Organizations * Azure networking, virtual machines and monitoring * Microsoft Entra ID, MFA and Conditional Access * AWS and Azure identity integration, * Microsoft 365 administration and governance * IBM Cloud exposure * Hybrid or multi-cloud experience * Experience supporting large-scale transformation programmes * Knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC and SAML Certifications Highly desirable: * AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional Additional certifications welcomed: * AWS Security Specialty * Azure Certifications * Microsoft 365 Certifications * Security+ * CCNA * Other infrastructure, networking or cyber security qualifications, If you're a skilled AWS-focused Supoort/Cloud/Infrastructure Engineer looking to combine cloud, security, automation and subject matter expertise in a highly visible role, we'd love to hear from you. ## Description As the IT Systems Engineer, you'll act as the organisation's cloud subject matter expert, taking primary responsibility for AWS environments while also supporting a small esate of Azure, Microsoft 365 services and on prem systems. Broadly speaking, their estate is approx 75% AWS, 10-15% Azure and 10% legacy/on prem. You'll be responsible for designing, implementing and managing cloud infrastructure, ensuring platforms remain secure, cost-effective, highly available and aligned to best practice. Working closely with infrastructure, development, cyber security and support teams, you'll provide both hands-on engineering expertise and strategic technical guidance., * Design, build and maintain secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and small areas in Azure (Azure experience is desrible and not essential) * Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation and similar technologies) * Design secure multi-account environments, networking and connectivity solutions * Define cloud standards, patterns and engineering best practices * Support the organisation's ongoing digital transformation initiatives Resilience & Operations * Manage monitoring, performance and availability across cloud environments * Design and maintain backup, disaster recovery and business continuity solutions * Provide 3rd line support for cloud-related incidents and technical issues * Support service reliability and operational excellence Security, Identity & Governance * Implement and maintain secure identity and access management controls * Integrate AWS workloads with Microsoft Entra ID * Manage cloud-native security services, monitoring and alerting * Work alongside cyber security teams to improve security posture and reduce risk Cost & Performance Optimisation * Monitor cloud consumption and costs * Implement governance, reporting and optimisation measures * Balance performance, resilience and commercial efficiency ## Related Videos - [Keeping applications secure by evolving OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100152-keeping-applications-secure-by-evolving-oauth-2-0-and-openid-connect) - [Seriously gaming your cloud expertise: from cloud tourist to cloud native](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/373-seriously-gaming-your-cloud-expertise-from-cloud-tourist-to-cloud-native) - [Get started with securing your cloud-native Java microservices applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/123-get-started-with-securing-your-cloud-native-java-microservices-applications) - [Delay the AI Overlords: How OAuth and OpenFGA Can Keep Your AI Agents from Going Rogue](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1637-delay-the-ai-overlords-how-oauth-and-openfga-can-keep-your-ai-agents-from-going-rogue) - [Delegating the chores of authenticating users to Keycloak](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1558-delegating-the-chores-of-authenticating-users-to-keycloak) - [The Cloud is Calling: Answer with In-Demand Skills](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/945-the-cloud-is-calling-answer-with-in-demand-skills) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers)