Infrastructure Engineer ( AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes)

£80,520 - £100,000/Year

Location
London, UK
Job Type
Permanent
Industry
Banking
Remote/Onsite
Part Remote
Experience Required
3 - 8 Years
Education Required
Higher Education
Job Summary

Help build the next generation of cloud infrastructure for one of the UK's leading Tier 1 banks.


We're looking for an experienced Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a passion for AWS, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Automation and Cloud Engineering to design and deliver secure, scalable and highly resilient cloud platforms. Working within a modern engineering environment, you'll collaborate with Software Engineers, Architects, Product Owners and Platform teams to build self-service infrastructure products, enhance CI/CD pipelines and engineer cloud platforms that are secure, observable, resilient and built for operational excellence.


What You'll Be Doing

Design, build and maintain secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.

Engineer infrastructure solutions using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).

Develop automation using Python and/or Shell scripting.

Build, maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD.

Design, deploy and support containerised platforms using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS preferred).

Build intuitive self-service infrastructure products for engineering teams.

Develop resilient, observable cloud platforms with security, sustainability and operational excellence at their core.

Collaborate with Software Engineers, Product Owners, Architects and Platform teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.

Develop product roadmaps and manage the lifecycle of infrastructure products.

Support production platforms, troubleshoot issues and continuously improve infrastructure services.

Drive infrastructure automation and standardisation across multiple environments.

Work closely with vendors and internal stakeholders to deliver enterprise infrastructure services.

Contribute to Agile delivery teams and promote Platform Engineering best practices.

Participate in an out-of-hours on-call support rota for critical production infrastructure.Essential Skills & ExperienceMinimum 6 years' commercial experience in Infrastructure Engineering, Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).


Strong commercial AWS experience including:

EC2

IAM

VPC

EKS

ECS

S3

CloudWatch

Auto Scaling

Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Strong experience with Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience developing automation using Python and/or Shell (Bash) scripting.

Commercial experience building and maintaining GitLab CI/CD pipelines.

Good understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Experience working within Agile delivery teams.

Experience designing reusable Terraform modules and automation frameworks.

Experience supporting modern Platform Engineering solutions.

Strong Linux administration skills.

Experience supporting production cloud platforms.

Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Willingness to participate in an out-of-hours support rota.


Observability Tooling

Experience with the following:

Grafana

Prometheus

Grafana Loki

Grafana Tempo

Grafana Mimir

CloudWatch

Logging, monitoring and alerting best practicesDesirable ExperienceSite Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles.

Platform Engineering.

Infrastructure security and cloud governance.

GitOps.

Helm.

AWS Lambda.

CloudFormation.

Ansible.

Infrastructure Automation.

DevSecOps.

Monitoring and incident management.

Performance optimisation.

Cloud cost optimisation.

Enterprise-scale cloud platforms.

Financial Services, Banking or other highly regulated environments.


What We're Looking For


You'll enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and have a passion for automation, cloud engineering and Platform Engineering.

You'll bring an automation-first mindset, thrive within Agile teams and enjoy collaborating across engineering disciplines to deliver secure, resilient and scalable cloud infrastructure.

You'll be comfortable supporting critical production platforms, participating in an on-call rota and driving continuous improvement through Infrastructure as Code, automation and modern engineering practices.

Why Join?

Join one of the UK's leading Tier 1 Banking organisations.

Work on enterprise-scale AWS cloud platforms.

Build modern Platform Engineering and Infrastructure as Code solutions.

Work with the latest AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD technologies.

Collaborative engineering culture with opportunities to influence technical direction.

Excellent career progression and continuous learning opportunities.

Competitive salary, pension, bonus and comprehensive benefits package.

Hybrid working with offices in London or Edinburgh.SalaryLondon: £80,520 – £100,000Edinburgh/National: £60,000 – £75,000


Permanent | Hybrid Working

Apply Today If you're looking to work on enterprise-scale AWS platforms, modern cloud technologies and Infrastructure as Code within one of the UK's leading financial institutions, we'd love to hear from you.Apply now to be part of a team shaping the future of cloud infrastructure and Platform Engineering.

Company Summary
Our client is one of the UK's leading Tier 1 banking organisations, committed to delivering innovative, secure, and customer-focused financial services. With significant investment in cloud technology, platform engineering, and digital transformation, they are building modern, scalable infrastructure to support millions of customers. This is an opportunity to join a collaborative engineering team working with cutting-edge AWS technologies while contributing to high-impact projects in a fast-paced, enterprise environment.
Company Benefits
- Attractive Salary
- Pension
- Bonus
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