Cloud Engineer

Job Title: Lead Cloud Engineer Location: London (Hybrid) Job Description: Role Summary: * Lead the design, deployment, and management of AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security. * Architect, deploy, and maintain secure cloud-based applications and solutions on AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, and VPC. * Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to design scalable and highly available solutions on AWS. * Implement and manage cloud security best practices, including IAM, encryption, firewalls, and compliance with regulatory requirements such as PCI DSS. * Ensure smooth integration of legacy mainframe applications with AWS cloud infrastructure and manage hybrid cloud solutions. * Oversee the integration of payment systems and ensure secure and compliant handling of payment transactions. * Design and implement disaster recovery plans, backup strategies, and business continuity for AWS-hosted applications and data. Qualifications: Experience Required: * 7 years of experience in cloud engineering or architecture, with a focus on AWS. * At least 3 years of experience leading cloud engineering teams or projects on AWS. * Experience working with AWS services, including EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM. * Strong knowledge of mainframe systems and experience integrating them with AWS. * Experience with payment systems and ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI DSS). Skills & Expertise: * Expertise in AWS infrastructure design, automation, and orchestration using tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK. * Deep understanding of AWS networking concepts, including VPC, Direct Connect, VPN, Load Balancers, and Route 53. * Proficient in AWS security practices, including IAM, KMS, security groups, NACLs, and multi-factor authentication. * Solid experience in containerization and orchestration using AWS services like ECS, EKS, and Docker. * Strong understanding of microservices architecture, serverless computing with AWS Lambda, and event-driven architectures. * Ability to design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant systems using AWS services. * Expertise in monitoring and troubleshooting AWS environments using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and other AWS tools