Lead Cloud Engineer

Lead Cloud Engineer | 12 month initial contract | £500-550 InsideIR35 | Remote with 2 days onsite per month into Hackney Key requirements: • Lead the management, optimisation and ongoing support of complex AWS environments, ensuring cloud infrastructure remains secure, scalable and highly available while helping clear a backlog of cloud-related projects. • Utilise AWS certifications and best practice knowledge to drive cloud governance, architecture decisions, operational improvements and adherence to organisational standards. • Support and maintain existing VMware vSphere/virtual server environments, including troubleshooting, performance optimisation and integration with AWS-based infrastructure. • Work closely with Cyber Security teams to implement security controls, remediate vulnerabilities, ensure compliance and embed security best practices across cloud and infrastructure platforms. • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, taking ownership of key projects, coordinating stakeholders and guiding the team through infrastructure upgrades, migrations and operational challenges. Lead Cloud Engineer | 12 month initial contract | £500-550 InsideIR35 | Remote with 2 days onsite per month into Hackney