Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS)

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS)

Salary: £55,000–£60,000 + benefits (flexible for exceptional candidates)

Location: Greater Manchester

Working pattern: Hybrid, 2–3 days onsite

The role We are supporting a large, mission-led organisation in Greater Manchester with the hire of an experienced Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS).

This is a hands-on infrastructure role, focused on designing, building, and operating a secure and resilient AWS platform. It is not a DevOps or CI/CD-focused position. The successful candidate will work at platform level, owning infrastructure design decisions and working closely with internal engineering and security teams.

The environment supports business-critical and highly sensitive data, so strong fundamentals in networking, security, and operational resilience are essential.

What you will be doing

• Designing and implementing AWS infrastructure at platform level
• Building and maintaining secure AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, DNS, firewalls, and hybrid connectivity
• Supporting the migration of systems and services from on-premise to AWS
• Working with development teams to deliver compute, storage, database, and container services
• Implementing and operating security controls in line with best practice and organisational standards
• Ensuring logging, monitoring, and alerting are in place and integrated with central security tooling
• Maintaining disaster recovery and backup strategies
• Tracking cloud usage and costs, and supporting cost optimisation and reporting

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• Producing clear technical documentation and architectural diagrams

What we are looking for

This role will suit someone with a strong traditional infrastructure background who has moved into cloud engineering.

Essential experience

• Significant experience in infrastructure engineering roles
• Strong hands-on AWS experience, including design and build
• Deep understanding of networking concepts and architecture
• Linux systems administration experience
• Experience designing and operating secure, production AWS environments
• Ability to work independently and make sound technical decisions
• Confident explaining and defending infrastructure designs

Desirable experience

• Hybrid environments (on-premise to AWS)
• Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation or Terraform
• AWS security tooling and logging services

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• Container platforms such as ECS, Kubernetes, or Docker
• Experience working in regulated or security-conscious environments

Interview process

The interview process includes a technical whiteboarding exercise focused on AWS network and infrastructure design, followed by a competency-based interview. Candidates should be comfortable explaining design decisions clearly and practically.

Why apply

• Work on a large-scale, meaningful cloud platform
• Strong focus on infrastructure quality, security, and design
• Hybrid working model
• Learning budget and protected time for professional development
• Long-term stability within a well-funded organisation
• Office relocation to Manchester Science Park planned for late 2026

Apply

If you are an infrastructure-focused AWS engineer looking for a role where design quality, security, and operational excellence truly matter, we would be keen to speak with you.

Apply via Recann or contact us for a confidential discussion.

Recann is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We are supporting a client on a confidential basis and will share further details at the appropriate stage of the recruitment process.