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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer - **Company:** Target - **Location:** Cardiff, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** £50,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Business Analytics Applications, Bash Shell, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Encodings, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Reliability Engineering, Zero Trust Network Access, Security Information and Event Management, Scripting, Load Balancing, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Route53, Terraform, Jenkins - **Published:** August 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5838209138 ## About the Role We're looking for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong leadership and collaboration skills - someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges and supporting others to do their best work. * Extensive hands-on AWS experience across compute, networking, storage and security * Deep expertise in AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ALB/NLB and PrivateLink * Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Terragrunt and/or CloudFormation * Proven experience with CI/CD, GitOps, containerisation and Kubernetes/EKS, plus strong scripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell Desirable (but not essential): * Experience supporting large-scale data or analytics platforms * Knowledge of Zero Trust and identity-centric security models * Experience with SIEM/SOC tooling and cloud threat detection capabilities * Exposure to AWS Control Tower, Organisations and multi-account governance * AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps, Security Specialty or FinOps-related accreditation * A degree in Computer Science, IT, Cloud Computing or a related discipline ## Description This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on technical leader who thrives in AWS, DevOps automation, cloud networking and security. If you enjoy shaping engineering standards, mentoring others and building resilient platforms that enable modern delivery at scale, we'd love to hear from you. What can you expect? As a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer, you'll be a technical leader responsible for designing, building, securing and optimising cloud infrastructure and networking on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform. You'll lead by example through hands-on engineering while providing technical direction, standards and guidance across our DevOps and cloud engineering community. From shaping highly scalable, resilient and cost-efficient platforms to influencing tooling, automation and operational excellence, you'll play a key role in how we build for the future. Working closely with DevOps, Security, SRE, platform and delivery teams, you'll help shape secure-by-design architectures, drive best practice in automation and reliability, and support a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement. What you'll be doing * Acting as a senior technical authority for DevOps, cloud engineering and AWS platform design * Leading the design, deployment and optimisation of secure, scalable and highly available AWS architectures * Defining engineering standards, patterns and best practices for infrastructure, networking, security and automation * Providing technical leadership for AWS networking, including VPC design, Transit Gateway, Route 53, load balancing and hybrid connectivity * Championing Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and GitOps approaches using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or GitLab CI * Embedding security, observability, compliance and reliability into cloud-native and hybrid platforms * Mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions and helping raise capability across the wider engineering community, You'll be joining a team that genuinely: * Celebrates success through our My Recognition portal * Invests in your development with regular feedback and support * Cares about wellbeing as much as delivery * Encourages curiosity, innovation and best practice We're committed to creating a Diverse & Inclusive culture through the execution of our D&I strategy, community relationships, our people & leaders. ## Related Videos - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [The journey from developer to devops - what i've learnt along the way](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/238-the-journey-from-developer-to-devops-what-i-ve-learnt-along-the-way) - [We adopted DevOps and are Cloud-native, Now What?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/485-we-adopted-devops-and-are-cloud-native-now-what) - [#90DaysOfDevOps - The DevOps Learning Journey](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/548-90daysofdevops-the-devops-learning-journey) ## 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) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Fullstack Developer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/251-fullstack-developer-salary-uk) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023)