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Job Title: Lead Cloud Engineer

Location: London (Hybrid)

Job Description:

Role Summary:

Lead the design, deployment, and management of AWS-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
Architect, deploy, and maintain secure cloud-based applications and solutions on AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, and VPC.
Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to design scalable and highly available solutions on AWS.
Implement and manage cloud security best practices, including IAM, encryption, firewalls, and compliance with regulatory requirements such as PCI DSS.
Ensure smooth integration of legacy mainframe applications with AWS cloud infrastructure and manage hybrid cloud solutions.
Oversee the integration of payment systems and ensure secure and compliant handling of payment transactions.
Design and implement disaster recovery plans, backup strategies, and business continuity for AWS-hosted applications and data.

Qualifications:

Experience Required:
7+ years of experience in cloud engineering or architecture, with a focus on AWS.
At least 3+ years of experience leading cloud engineering teams or projects on AWS.
Experience working with AWS services, including EC2, S3, VPC, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, and IAM.
Strong knowledge of mainframe systems and experience integrating them with AWS.
Experience with payment systems and ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements (e.g., PCI DSS).

Skills & Expertise:
Expertise in AWS infrastructure design, automation, and orchestration using tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform, or AWS CDK.
Deep understanding of AWS networking concepts, including VPC, Direct Connect, VPN, Load Balancers, and Route 53.
Proficient in AWS security practices, including IAM, KMS, security groups, NACLs, and multi-factor authentication.
Solid experience in containerization and orchestration using AWS services like ECS, EKS, and Docker.
Strong understanding of microservices architecture, serverless computing with AWS Lambda, and event-driven architectures.
Ability to design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant systems using AWS services.
Expertise in monitoring and troubleshooting AWS environments using CloudWatch, X-Ray, and other AWS tools

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