Senior Cloud Engineer

You'll be designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure on AWS as a Senior Cloud Engineer. This is a hands-on role where you'll help shape cloud architecture, improve platform reliability, and drive security best practices across modern cloud environments.

You'll work closely with engineering teams to build secure, high-performing cloud platforms while championing Infrastructure as Code, automation, and DevSecOps practices. If you're a highly skilled and proactive engineer who can balance technical depth with practical execution, this could be the role for you.

The Role

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Implement cloud architecture best practices to improve performance, resilience, and cost efficiency
• Manage and optimise AWS environments, including multi-account structures and governance frameworks
• Develop and enforce cloud security guardrails, policies, and compliance controls
• Conduct security assessments, threat modelling, and vulnerability analysis across cloud environments
• Implement risk mitigation strategies aligned with industry best practices and organisational standards
• Design and maintain secure, scalable cloud platforms that support modern distributed applications
• Collaborate with software and platform engineering teams to deliver reliable cloud solutions
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation and/or Terraform
• Support DevSecOps practices to improve deployment speed, reliability, and security

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field
• Minimum 5+ years' experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, or a related role
• Strong hands-on experience with core AWS services including EC2, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, RDS, and DynamoDB
• Experience designing and implementing AWS networking using Transit Gateway, VPN, VPC, and Route 53
• Experience managing AWS multi-account environments using AWS Organizations and Identity Center
• Strong understanding of cloud security services including IAM, SCP, WAF, Security Hub, Inspector, and GuardDuty
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation and/or Terraform
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI
• Good knowledge of at least one programming language such as Python, Go, or Rust
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous learning and improvement

Why This Role

This is an opportunity to help build and improve modern cloud infrastructure that supports business-critical applications and services. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, solve complex technical challenges, and contribute to scalable, secure, and reliable cloud platforms.

If you enjoy working across cloud architecture, automation, infrastructure, and security, you'll find plenty of opportunities to make a real impact.

Reality Check

This is a technically demanding role that requires strong AWS expertise and a willingness to continually learn and adapt. You'll be working in a fast-moving engineering environment where priorities can evolve, and success depends on balancing technical quality with practical delivery.

Interested?

If you're an experienced AWS Cloud Engineer looking to work on modern cloud platforms, solve complex engineering challenges, and contribute to high-quality software delivery, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now or get in touch for a confidential discussion.

Simon Melano
0485 991 211
simon@runtimerec.com