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# Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** Sanderson Recruitment Plc
- **Location:** Bristol, UK
- **Salary:** £91,000.0 - £97,500.0
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Github, Python (Programming Language), Cloud Platform System, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), AWS ECS, SC Clearance, Containerization, AWS Fargate, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/job/gbf5846bd1c2885187eedd61b996c7e584/eaa

## About the Role

* Active SC Clearance that can be transferred prior to start.
 * Strong AWS infrastructure engineering experience.
 * Hands-on experience with:

 * AWS ECS Fargate
 * AWS Networking
 * AWS WAF
 * Terraform
 * GitHub Actions
 * Proven experience delivering cloud infrastructure in enterprise environments.
 * Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
 * Ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.

Desirable Skills

 * AWS VPC Lattice
 * Python
 * Docker
 * Platform Engineering experience
 * CI/CD best practices
 * Experience working with Internal Developer Platforms, The successful candidate will combine strong AWS engineering expertise with excellent interpersonal skills. You'll be comfortable working directly with service teams, building trusted relationships, solving technical challenges and helping stakeholders understand complex infrastructure concepts in a clear and approachable way.

## Description

As a Cloud Engineer, you will work within a collaborative platform engineering team delivering cloud infrastructure improvements, platform enhancements and supporting service teams in the adoption of cloud-native technologies.
You'll be joining one of several platform squads made up of experienced engineers, contributing to feature development, infrastructure automation and a small amount of third-line support. The role requires a strong technical background combined with excellent communication skills, as you'll regularly engage with stakeholders and service teams to explain technical concepts and guide platform adoption., * Design, build and enhance AWS-based infrastructure solutions.

 * Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
 * Support and improve CI/CD processes using GitHub Actions.
 * Assist service teams with cloud platform adoption and best practices.
 * Collaborate with engineers, product teams and stakeholders to troubleshoot issues and deliver platform improvements.
 * Help teams implement and manage Docker-based workloads within agreed standards and guardrails.
 * Translate complex technical concepts into clear, understandable language for non-technical audiences.
 * Contribute to networking, security and platform engineering initiatives.


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