Cloud Engineer

The Cloud DevOps Engineer will be responsible for designing, building, automating and managing cloud-based infrastructure using DevOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
 

Reporting to the Infrastructure Services Technical Manager / Cloud DevOps Manager, the engineer will work closely with application, security and infrastructure teams to design, implement and operate secure, scalable, highly available and cost-effective AWS cloud solutions.
 

The role will contribute to cloud migration, infrastructure automation, operational excellence, continuous improvement and the adoption of Cloud DevOps best practices across Travelex.
 

• Design, build and manage AWS cloud infrastructure for different product lines across Travelex.

• Implement secure, scalable, highly available and resilient cloud infrastructure solutions.

• Work on cloud migration and modernisation initiatives.

• Build reusable infrastructure patterns and automation to improve engineering efficiency.

• Implement and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), primarily Terraform and/or CloudFormation.

• Manage and support AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Elastic Load Balancing and related services.

• Implement and maintain AWS networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, NACLs and DNS.

• Support containerised workloads using Docker and AWS ECS/EKS/Fargate.
   

• Develop automation to reduce manual operational activities and prevent recurring support incidents.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments.

• Implement automated infrastructure provisioning, configuration and deployment processes.

• Develop scripts using Python, Bash, PowerShell, AWS CLI or equivalent automation tools.

• Promote reusable automation frameworks and self-service capabilities across engineering teams.
   

• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting and observability for cloud infrastructure and applications.

• Work with tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, Grafana, Datadog and other observability platforms.

• Proactively identify performance, availability and reliability issues and implement preventative solutions.

• Participate in production releases, infrastructure changes and resolution of production incidents.

• Perform troubleshooting, root cause analysis and implement permanent corrective actions.

• Support patching, vulnerability remediation and End-of-Support/End-of-Life remediation activities.

• Contribute to Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity and operational resilience initiatives.
   

• Implement AWS security best practices, including IAM, least privilege, encryption and secure configuration.

• Support cloud security and compliance requirements, including PCI and other organisational controls.

• Identify and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities and security findings.

• Ensure infrastructure changes follow appropriate governance, change management and security standards.
   

• Monitor AWS resource utilisation and identify opportunities for cost optimisation.

• Support FinOps initiatives through rightsizing, resource optimisation, lifecycle management and automation.

• Promote cost-aware cloud architecture and engineering practices.
   

• Participate actively in Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.

• Work with the Cloud DevOps Manager on backlog management, prioritisation and refinement.

• Proactively identify and resolve technical blockers and dependencies.

• Contribute to improving the team's delivery velocity, quality and engineering practices.

• Conduct demonstrations of completed Cloud DevOps capabilities to consuming teams and stakeholders.

• Work collaboratively with team members to promote cross-skilling and breadth of technical knowledge.

• Contribute to knowledge management through Confluence, technical documentation, runbooks and knowledge-sharing sessions.

• Provide regular status and progress updates to the management team.

• Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and ensure agreed retrospective actions are implemented.
   

• 2–3 years of hands-on experience in AWS Cloud and DevOps.

• Good understanding of AWS core services

• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerisation.

• Operational experience with AWS ECS and Fargate; exposure to Kubernetes/EKS is desirable.

• Experience building Docker images using Dockerfiles and Docker Compose.

• Good understanding of AWS networking including VPC, subnets, routing, security groups and load balancers.

• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and/or CloudFormation.

• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible.

• Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI or equivalent.

• Experience with Git and source-control-based development practices.

• Experience with scripting/automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell or AWS CLI.

• Working knowledge of monitoring, logging and observability using CloudWatch, Grafana, Datadog or similar tools.

• Understanding of cloud security principles, IAM and least-privilege access.

• Understanding of production support, incident management and root cause analysis.

• Good understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery practices and JIRA.
   

• AWS certification such as AWS Solutions Architect, Developer or SysOps Administrator.

• Experience with Kubernetes/EKS and Helm.

• Experience developing reusable Terraform modules and managing Terraform state.

• Experience with AWS Lambda-based automation.

• Knowledge of AWS cost optimisation and FinOps practices.

• Experience with vulnerability remediation, patching and EoSL/EoL remediation.

• Knowledge of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity practices.

• Experience working in a regulated environment with security and compliance requirements.

• Experience with application performance monitoring and distributed tracing.

• Experience working with multiple AWS accounts / AWS Organisations.
   

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Proactive approach to identifying and resolving technical issues.

• Strong focus on automation and continuous improvement.

• Good communication and stakeholder-management skills.

• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Willingness to learn new AWS technologies and share knowledge with other team members.

• Strong ownership of production infrastructure and service reliability.