Contract AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Contract AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Location: Remote Working with occasional travel to Portsmouth, Hampshire

Duration: 3-6 Month Contract

IR35 Status: Outside IR35

We're working with a SaaS business that requires an experienced contract AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support and enhance its hybrid cloud infrastructure environment. This is a hands-on contract role focused on AWS, infrastructure automation, security, networking, and supporting a mix of cloud and on-premise platforms.

You'll be joining an established engineering function and will be expected to contribute from day one. The role is primarily remote; however, applicants must be within reasonable commuting distance of Portsmouth as occasional travel to the company's data centre facilities will be required.

Required Experience

• Strong commercial experience supporting AWS infrastructure environments.
• Experience designing, deploying and administering AWS services.
• Good understanding of hybrid cloud and on-premise infrastructure.
• Support high-availability environments and disaster recovery requirements.
• Maintain and improve the security, performance, resilience and cost-efficiency of cloud infrastructure.
• Experience working with software engineering teams in an Agile environment.
• Working alongside engineering teams to improve DevOps practices and automation.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage technical deliverables.

Key Technical Skills

Candidates should have strong experience in several (not all) of the following:

• AWS (EC2, VPC, Transit Gateway)
• Docker / ECS
• Terraform, Ansible or AWS CDK
• Cloudflare
• Windows Server / IIS
• Linux administration
• Networking, including switching, load balancing and firewalls.
• Experience working within ISO27001, PCI-DSS or similar security-focused environments.
• Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code expertise.

Urgent Requirement: This is a business-critical contract role with an immediate start available. If you're a proven AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with strong hybrid infrastructure experience and are available now (or becoming available within the next week), please apply today for immediate consideration.

Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.