AWS Infrastructure Engineer

<p><strong>AWS Infrastructure Engineer - Fix it. Strengthen it. Scale it.</strong></p><p><strong>£70,000 - £80,000 Remote-first Travel to Portsmouth (once/month)</strong></p><p></p><p>Some AWS roles are about maintaining what's already there.</p><p></p><p>This one is about making it better.</p><p></p><p>You'll be joining a small infrastructure team as the AWS specialist as the person who looks at the current setup, challenges it, and helps shape what "good" really looks like.</p><p></p><p>If you enjoy getting into the detail, improving environments, and leaving things in a better state than you found them this will suit you.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>What's in it for you?</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Salary</strong>: £70,000 - £80,000 </li><li><strong>Working pattern</strong>: Remote-first (occasional travel to Portsmouth data centre) </li><li><strong>Team</strong>: Small, high-impact infra team (you'll be the third engineer) </li><li><strong>Influence</strong>: Genuine say in technical direction and standards </li><li><strong>Environment</strong>: AWS-first, with hybrid infrastructure and modern DevSecOps practices </li><li><strong>Opportunity</strong>: Help shape a growing business moving from "move fast" to "build properly" </li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><strong>What's the role really about?</strong></p><p></p><p>This isn't a greenfield build.</p><p></p><p>And it's not a perfectly polished environment either.</p><p></p><p>It's somewhere in the middle - built quickly, now ready to be reviewed, improved, and strengthened for scale.</p><p></p><p>You'll:</p><ul><li>Assess the current AWS setup </li><li>Reduce technical debt </li><li>Improve security and segmentation </li><li>Help define what a robust, scalable environment should look like </li></ul><p></p><p>Less "keep it running".</p><p></p><p>More "make it right".</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>What you'll be doing</strong></p><ul><li>Reviewing and improving the existing AWS infrastructure </li><li>Strengthening security, segmentation, and best practice architecture </li><li>Supporting a hybrid setup across cloud and on-prem environments </li><li>Handling technical issues and escalations when needed </li><li>Working closely with engineering teams to align infrastructure and development </li><li>Helping move teams further toward AWS and away from on-prem dependencies </li><li>Contributing to automation and DevSecOps practices already in place </li><li>Communicating clearly across technical and non-technical stakeholders </li></ul><p></p><p><strong>What you'll bring</strong></p><ul><li>Strong, hands-on AWS experience (3-5+ years) - beyond just setup and migration </li><li>A background in infrastructure / on-prem environments, now cloud-focused </li><li>Solid understanding of: </li><li>VPC, networking, and segmentation </li><li>Secure, scalable AWS architecture </li><li>Hybrid infrastructure environments </li><li>A practical approach to AWS security and best practice </li><li>Ideally exposure to other cloud platforms (Azure ideally) - enough to understand multi-cloud environments, even if AWS is your core strength </li><li>Experience working alongside engineering teams in modern environments </li><li>The confidence to challenge, improve, and push standards forward </li></ul><p></p><p></p><p><strong>The reality of the role</strong></p><p></p><p>This is a fast-growing business that's historically moved quickly.</p><p></p><p>Now it's time to tighten things up.</p><p></p><p>Better structure. Stronger foundations. Less technical debt.</p><p></p><p>They need someone who can step into that environment and bring clarity, direction, and improvement.</p><p></p><p>This role suits someone who doesn't just want to run infrastructure but wants to shape it.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Interested?</strong></p><p>Send your CV to <strong>bob com</strong></p><p></p><img src="https://www.jobg8.com/Tracking.aspx?50N8xKcU4F0AwTsuJaNk6bHNmkXeqcdnd" width="0" height="0" />