Principal Cloud Engineer (AWS) - (Multiple)
Location: Cheltenham – Hybrid up to 3 days onsite
Salary: £95,000 - £130,000
Defence/SC Clearance Requirements:
Due to working with a number of government bodies, SC clearance is required for our customer facing teams. You do not need active SC clearance as we will undertake checks upon you joining, but you must be eligible to pass SC clearance. In future, DV clearance may be required, so the ability/willingness to pass DV clearance is advantageous but not essential.
You must be UK-based.
About us
At Cloudscaler, you'll join a consultancy trusted by government, defence, and enterprise organisations to deliver complex AWS solutions with real national impact, from modernising public services to securing critical infrastructure.
As an AWS Advanced Partner with a startup's agility, we foster a high-trust, high-performance culture where self-starters thrive. You'll work closely with senior leadership and cloud experts, gaining the exposure and influence you simply wouldn't find at a larger consultancy.
Expect hands-on experience across the UK's most ambitious cloud programmes, including landing zones, cloud operations and risk mitigation, with the opportunity to accelerate your growth while shaping work that matters.
What we’re looking for
We are looking for Principal Cloud Engineers with extensive landing zone knowledge and site reliability best practice. For us, this means experience of designing, building and operating enterprise-scale landing zones within AWS. It also means you need to be able to automate the build of complex AWS services and platforms using Terraform.
We are thought leaders and our Principal Engineers work closely with customer teams, so you need to be opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation and the experience and knowledge to define the technical direction and strategy of teams and systems.
What you’ll be doing
You will be working closely with our customers’ key stakeholders, leading them through complex cloud transformations, using your experience and expertise to deliver best-in-class AWS platforms.
Designing complex multi-tenant systems aligned to best practice
Building, testing, packaging, deploying and operating AWS landing zones
Automating the build of complex AWS Services and Cloud Platforms with IaC
Packaging services into AMIs, Docker containers or Serverless deployments
Championing infrastructure as code and opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation
Scoping container/microservices to design Cloud solutions
Utilising deployment techniques to enable zero downtime
Mitigating security risks in AWS and supporting a mature Cloud Security Model
Benefits
Discretionary bonus scheme
25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering
Option to buy up to an additional 5 days annual leave
Travel and accommodation expensed where eligible in line with our expenses policy
Life Assurance
Long Term Disability cover
Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)
Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support
24/7 GP access
Public holiday opt-out scheme giving you the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you
Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered
Recruitment referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire
Customer referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer
Cycle To Work Scheme
Dog friendly offices
Interview Process
1. Screening call with our Talent Acquisition team
2. 1st Interview - 30 minute remote interview with our hiring team
3. 2nd Interview - 60 minute remote technical interview with members of our engineering team
4. 3rd Interview - 60 minute in person interview with members of our Senior Leadership Team
Cloudscaler are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to equal opportunities regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, parental status, religion or medical history.
If you require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please let us know when you speak to our Talent Acquisition team or contact [email protected] at the earliest opportunity.
Compensation Range: £95K - £130K
