Cloud Engineer - AWS | Python

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2d•$70,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a skilled AWS Cloud & Python Engineer to bridge the gap between application development and cloud infrastructure for a technically led & growing UK-based company. You'll own the full lifecycle of data transformation applications, from writing clean, efficient Python code to designing the AWS architecture that runs it, working closely with an established cloud engineering team on scalable, high-performance data solutions. Location: Southwest based head office (Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Bournemouth area), with hybrid working in place. Salary: £70,000 basic plus an extensive benefits package. We'd need regular office visits, so your likely to be South West based, but can be flexible for the right person. Job title: Cloud Engineer. You are likely to come from a Python Developer background who has gone into AWS Devops, or an AWS DevOps background, with strong coding skill in Python.

Requirements

A strong background combining core Python development with hands-on AWS infrastructure work
Hands-on experience with S3, Lambda, ECS, SQS, RDS and EC2
Proven experience deploying environments with Terraform
Experience with Docker and container orchestration such as ECS

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with data transformation strategies, high-volume data streams, and solid Git and CI/CD practices

Responsibilities

Design, build and maintain Python applications for real-time decision making and large-scale data transformation
Provision and scale secure AWS infrastructure using Terraform
Architect cost-efficient, low-latency, high-throughput solutions without compromising reliability
Deploy serverless and containerised workloads across Lambda, ECS, EC2, SQS, S3 and RDS
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate testing, builds and deployments
Set up monitoring and logging with CloudWatch and AWS X-Ray to keep systems running smoothly