Lead Cloud Engineer - AWS

Access Computer Consulting
London, City And County Of the City Of London, United Kingdom
Last week
£450 – £500 pd

Salary

£450 – £500 pd

Seniority
Lead
Posted
18 May 2026 (Last week)

I am recruiting for a Lead Cloud Engineer to work on a hybrid basis - 2 days in London, 3 days remote.

The role falls inside IR35 so you will need to work through an umbrella company for the duration of the contract.

You must have strong expertise of AWS.

You will have AWS Solutions Architect certification, or be able to demonstrate experience at a similar level.

You will also have Google Professional Cloud Architect certification, or be able to demonstrate experience at a similar level.

You will have overall responsibility for the design, delivery and optimisation of self-service cloud

infrastructure and tooling to ensure that our cloud applications and services are secure, high performing and sustainable, and the delivery of a high quality user experience for software engineers, suppliers and other users needing access to cloud infrastructure.

You will also be responsible for continued development and maintenance of the multi-cloud platform

(AWS and Google), recognised as a robust and mature cloud platform within the public sector, as well as automating processes to improve efficiency.

You will work with other senior members of the team responsible for enterprise architecture to set and evolve cloud engineering target architecture and provide oversight and assurance that the current architecture is implemented as per the clients development, security and cloud standard.

Please apply ASAP if your experience matches the above requirements

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