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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AWS Cloud Operations Engineer - **Company:** Britbet - **Location:** Bootle, UK - **Salary:** £69,721.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Confluence, JIRA, Bash Shell, Configuration Management, Relational Databases, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Linux System Administration, MariaDB, MySQL, Scripting, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Software Version Control - **Published:** September 8, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5875343701 ## About the Role Must have: * Relevant years running production AWS estates (operations, not just project builds). * Solid EC2/Linux administration and patching workflows (SSM or equivalent). * Real relational database operations experience - RDS preferred (we run MariaDB, but strong MySQL/PostgreSQL ops translates). * CloudWatch beyond the basics: alarms, log groups, agent configuration. * Confident IAM: roles, policies, least-privilege thinking. * Terraform at 'maintain and extend an existing codebase' level. * Comfortable committing to a paid on-call rota. Nice to have: * MSP background. * Site-to-site VPN / networking exposure. * Scripting (Python or Bash) for automation. * AI Experience for tooling and automation. * AWS SysOps Administrator or DevOps Engineer certification (we'll fund it if not). * Experience in a regulated industry. * Service Desk - Confluence, Jira ## Description Britbet operates pool betting at 59 British racecourses and 11 greyhound tracks, running on a production AWS estate that directly supports live betting: racing 362 days a year. We're bringing the management of that estate in-house from a managed service provider - and this role is the centre of that move. You'll be our AWS platform lead: the person who owns the day-to-day running of a business-critical production environment end-to-end. You'll join a small, capable team (network/infrastructure engineer, service desk, a hands-on Head of IT) with a further senior hire planned for 2027, and you'll help shape the runbooks, automation and tooling of the new operating model. What you'll do * Own platform operations across our AWS accounts: patching via SSM, backup configuration and verification, IAM, security remediation (Security Hub/GuardDuty), and CloudWatch monitoring. * Run our RDS (MariaDB) estate: parameter and version management, backup/restore, and the instance scaling cycle around major race meetings (Cheltenham, the Grand National). * Take ownership of our Terraform codebase and configuration management as we repatriate it from the outgoing provider, plus extend automation where it saves us time. * Drive cost optimisation as an active workstream: rightsizing, reserved instance/savings plan strategy, anomaly investigation. * Share out-of-hours cover on a paid rota with a first-response tier and runbooks filtering the noise before it reaches you. * Work alongside our network engineer on a major 2027 project: standing up a second data-centre hub with certificate-based VPN from 60+ venues and a new Direct Connect into AWS, then decommissioning the 66 AWS site-to-site VPNs. ## Related Videos - [30 powerful AWS hacks in just 30 minutes: Boost your developer productivity](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1624-30-powerful-aws-hacks-in-just-30-minutes-boost-your-developer-productivity) - [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) - [MySQL Protocol Features You Should Be Aware Of](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100267-mysql-protocol-features-you-should-be-aware-of) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [DevOps Maturity Check – a way to balance autonomy and alignment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/58-devops-maturity-check-a-way-to-balance-autonomy-and-alignment) - [Coding for Good: Achieving social change with an app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1645-coding-for-good-achieving-social-change-with-an-app) ## 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) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-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) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Software Engineer Salary in The UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/231-software-engineer-salary-in-the-uk)