Spectrum IT Recruitment
Lead Cloud Operations Engineer (AWS, EC2, EKS)
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AWS Cloud Operations Engineer - Technical Lead
Large Government Project | Global Tech/AI Business
Full-Time. UK only Hybrid Working, London (Barbican). 2 Days a week onsite. Applicants must be eligible for Security Clearance £90,000 - £100,000
Looking for an opportunity to make a real impact on a major government programme?
We're recruiting an experienced (Tech Lead) AWS Cloud Operations Engineer to join a large-scale project focused on onboarding a major public sector client and delivering highly secure communication services. This is a key role within a growing engineering team, helping to build, support and optimise cloud platforms that underpin critical services.
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You'll work across AWS cloud infrastructure, Linux environments, container platforms and databases, helping to ensure secure, scalable and highly available systems.
What we're looking for:
- Strong AWS cloud experience - 5+ years (EKS, ECS, EC2, RDS, IAM, VPC)
- Linux systems administration expertise - 5+ years
- Containerisation and Kubernetes experience - 3+ years
- Terraform and Infrastructure as Code knowledge - 3+ years
- Database administration experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Aurora or similar)
- A passion for reliability, security and continuous improvement
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Why apply?
- Join a major long-term government project
- Work on secure, mission-critical technology
- Excellent opportunity to influence architecture and operational excellence
- Be part of a global technology organisation investing heavily in growth and innovation
If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and want to play a key role in a high-profile programme, we'd love to hear from you.
Send your CV to danielsumpter@spectrumit.co.uk
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