AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
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LocationLeeds, Hybrid
Work modehybrid
Typefull-time
SeniorityMid
Experience4–6 yrs
DepartmentInfrastructure - G&A
Company size51–200 people
PostedAug 26, 2026 · 2mo ago
Verified live1d ago
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Strong hands-on experience operating production AWS environments in a multi-account architecture
Deep experience with containerized platforms (ECS) and distributed system design
Proven experience managing relational and document databases in high-availability configurations
Strong understanding of secure VPC architecture, ingress/egress control, and network isolation strategies
Experience operating Kafka-based streaming architectures (MSK)
Expertise implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads
Strong knowledge of IAM design, encryption practices, and secrets management
Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation for production systems
Ability to troubleshoot performance, networking, scaling, and availability issues across distributed systems
Experience supporting regulated or compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., financial services)
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, ChatGPT) to accelerate infrastructure automation, troubleshooting, documentation, and code development while maintaining security and compliance standards
Strong judgment in the responsible use of AI tools to enhance productivity, improve code quality, and streamline operational workflows within regulated environments
Strong collaboration, documentation, and communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
4–6 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or systems engineering roles
AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, SysOps Administrator, or equivalent) preferred
All StarCompliance employees are expected to commit to a high standard of personal integrity and carry out their responsibilities in an ethical manner
Skills
AWS
Terraform
Amazon ECS
Amazon EC2
Amazon ECR
AWS Lambda
Amazon VPC
Internet Gateway
VPC Peering
Elastic Load Balancing
AWS WAF
Amazon Route 53
Amazon RDS
PostgreSQL
PSQL
Amazon DocumentDB
MongoDB
Amazon ElastiCache
Redis
Amazon MSK
Apache Kafka
AWS IAM
AWS KMS
AWS Secrets Manager
AWS Config
AWS CloudTrail
Amazon GuardDuty
Amazon Inspector
Auth0
Amazon CloudWatch
CircleCI
BitBucket
Github
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
AWS Transfer Family
Amazon WorkSpaces
Cursor
ChatGPT
About the role
Role:
The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer is an experienced individual contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and operating secure, scalable, and highly available AWS infrastructure supporting a production-grade, multi-account B2B SaaS platform in the financial services industry.
This role is critical to maintaining platform resilience, security, automation maturity, and operational excellence across production and non-production environments. The engineer operates with moderate autonomy, owning defined areas of the AWS environment while contributing to infrastructure standards, reliability engineering, and security best practices.
Responsibilities
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Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure across production and non-production environments
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Support application deployments and underlying platform services required for reliable operation
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Implement and manage infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
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Configure and maintain AWS services including compute, storage, networking, and managed services
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Monitor infrastructure health, availability, and performance; respond to incidents and perform root cause analysis
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Partner with application engineering and security teams to support system reliability and scalability
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Implement and maintain backup, disaster recovery, and high-availability solutions
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Support automation related to infrastructure provisioning and application deployments
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Manage IAM roles, permissions, and access controls in alignment with security policies
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Contribute to cloud cost monitoring and optimization efforts
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Maintain documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures
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Participate in on-call or incident response rotations as required
Requirements
Core AWS & Cloud Technologies
Compute & Containers
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Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service)
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Amazon EC2
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Amazon ECR (Elastic Container Registry)
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AWS Lambda (event-driven workloads)
Networking & Edge
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Amazon VPC (multi-AZ design, subnet segmentation)
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Internet Gateway (IGW)
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VPC Peering
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Elastic Load Balancing (ALB)
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AWS WAF
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Amazon Route 53
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AWS Data Transfer optimization
Databases & Caching
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Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL) and PSQL
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Amazon DocumentDB (MongoDB compatibility)
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Amazon ElastiCache (Redis)
Messaging & Streaming
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Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka)
Security & Compliance
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AWS IAM
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AWS KMS
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AWS Secrets Manager
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AWS Config
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AWS CloudTrail
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Amazon GuardDuty
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Amazon Inspector
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AWS WAF
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Auth0
Monitoring & Observability
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Amazon CloudWatch (metrics, logs, alarms, events)
CI/CD & DevOps
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CircleCI
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BitBucket
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Github
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Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Storage & Data Lifecycle
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Amazon S3
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Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Managed Platform Services
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AWS Transfer Family
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Amazon WorkSpaces (administrative environments)
Skills and Experience
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Strong hands-on experience operating production AWS environments in a multi-account architecture.
•
Deep experience with containerized platforms (ECS) and distributed system design.
•
Proven experience managing relational and document databases in high-availability configurations.
•
Strong understanding of secure VPC architecture, ingress/egress control, and network isolation strategies.
•
Experience operating Kafka-based streaming architectures (MSK).
•
Expertise implementing infrastructure as code using Terraform.
•
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads.
•
Strong knowledge of IAM design, encryption practices, and secrets management.
•
Experience implementing monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation for production systems.
•
Ability to troubleshoot performance, networking, scaling, and availability issues across distributed systems.
•
Experience supporting regulated or compliance-sensitive environments (e.g., financial services).
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Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, ChatGPT) to accelerate infrastructure automation, troubleshooting, documentation, and code development while maintaining security and compliance standards.
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Strong judgment in the responsible use of AI tools to enhance productivity, improve code quality, and streamline operational workflows within regulated environments.
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Strong collaboration, documentation, and communication skills.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
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4–6 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or systems engineering roles.
Nice to have
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AWS certification (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, SysOps Administrator, or equivalent) preferred.
Integrity and Ethics
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All StarCompliance employees are expected to commit to a high standard of personal integrity and carry out their responsibilities in an ethical manner