AWS Cloud Engineer (Contract)
Core
Designing and operating secure, scalable multi-account AWS environments and platform foundations for quantitative finance research teams.
Role type
Senior IC AWS Cloud Engineer (Platform)
Builds
Secure, scalable multi-account AWS landing zones and shared platform services
Domain
Financial Services / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
AWS multi-account architecture, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Python, CI/CD integration, security controls design, observability, networking, identity management
Preferred skills
Experience in regulated environments, cost optimization strategies, out-of-hours support rotation
Technologies
AWS, Terraform, Python
Responsibilities
Designing and operating secure, scalable multi-account AWS environments; Defining and implementing organisation-level security controls, tooling, and observability; Collaborating with architecture, security, and engineering teams to improve compliance and reliability; Acting as a subject matter expert for cloud-native application design and deployment; Building and maintaining infrastructure-as-code patterns; Tracking AWS service developments and best practices; Participating in out-of-hours rota for critical systems