Lead Cloud Operations Engineer (AWS, EC2, EKS)

Spectrum IT Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
Today
Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Lead
Education
Degree
Security Clearance
Required
Posted
14 Jul 2026 (Today)

Benefits

25 days holiday + bank holidays Pension scheme Professional development opportunities On-site facilities at Barbican
AWS Cloud Operations Engineer - Technical LeadLarge 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
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.

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

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.

Hit apply to upload your CV or reach out to Steve Wright at Spectrum IT Recuitment.

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

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