142 Aws jobs in London

Would you like to help implement innovative cloud computing solutions and solve the most complex technical problems? Are you excited by the prospect of building and running the world's largest cloud computing infrastructure to provide a better world for future generations?

Amazon Web Services (AWS) builds and operates some of the largest internet infrastructure on the planet; providing companies of all sizes with an infrastructure web services platform in the cloud. With AWS, customers provision compute power, storage, database, and other cloud resources as their business demands them. To meet the growing demand for AWS Services around the globe, we need exceptionally motivated people who are driven by learning and innovation.

If you join us, you'll be part of a world-class team in a dynamic environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale, and to gain world class experience in cloud computing. You'll be surrounded by people who are passionate about cloud computing, believe that first class service is critical to customer success, and are committed to improvement.

AWS Utility Computing (UC) provides product innovations — from foundational services such as Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), to consistently released new product innovations that continue to set AWS's services and features apart in the industry. As a member of the UC organization, you'll support the development and management of Compute, Database, Storage, Internet of Things (Iot), Platform, and Productivity Apps services in AWS, including support for customers who require specialized security solutions for their cloud services.

Top reasons to join our team:

• Be a catalyst to deliver a truly disruptive products that are growing rapidly
• Define, build, own, and run a service in high growth environment
• Solve unique and first-order problems at massive-scale across many AWS Services
• Learn how to build and operate distributed systems at massive scale
• Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services

Key job responsibilities

WHAT DOES A SYSTEMS ENGINEER DO AT AMAZON?

Amazon has a collaborative, purposeful and enthusiastic environment where we "Work Hard, Have Fun, Make History." On a typical day engineers might dive deep into understanding the root cause of a customer issue, investigate why a metric is trending the wrong way and consult with senior engineers at Amazon. We own our services and believe in making out-of-hours support as painless as possible. To achieve this, we implement Operational Excellence best practices and strive to automate manual processes.

Our Systems Engineering roles help engineers develop a broad range of skills. They utilise their Linux skills to troubleshoot, innovate fixes and workarounds, keep software up-to-date and provide data and metrics that help manage the capacity and efficiency of our services. They draw on their networking knowledge to identity and troubleshoot network connectivity issues. They communicate clearly and collaborate with others to deliver results. They are self-starters, comfortable dealing with ambiguity and change. They are customer-obsessed, always looking to understand customer pain points and find resolutions quickly and completely.

You will need to be a UK national and able to obtain and maintain a UK Government Security Clearance. Further details found here:

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• Working knowledge of Linux system administration and good troubleshooting skills at all levels, from application to network to host
• Experience of systems automation using BASH, Python, Perl, etc
• Experience of network fundamentals (DNS, DHCP, TCP/IP, routing, switching, HTTP)

• Exposure to cloud computing concepts and design considerations
• Knowledge of configuration management systems, such as: Puppet, Chef, Ansible, or related systems

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Our client is a successful securities firm, operating a robust global platform across multiple asset classes. As part of their strategic growth, their market-making division is establishing a new trading operation focused on high-touch, low-latency execution for Securities Borrowing and Lending (SBL) and Delta One products .

They are investing in building a modern AWS-based infrastructure to replace their physical servers, supporting their first major initiative: deploying their proprietary trading platform on a new database, with critical API connections to external vendors.

This role requires experience from a Financial Services Trading Environment. Without this I am afraid thst you cannot be considered.

Role Overview

They are seeking a motivated Junior AWS Engineer to support the buildout of their core cloud infrastructure on AWS. This role will involve working closely with a Senior AWS & Network Engineer to deliver a secure, scalable, and resilient environment that underpins their trading operations.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop advanced AWS skills in a professional trading environment, working directly on foundational systems that will drive their future growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, implementation, and management of AWS infrastructure to host trading applications and databases.
• Help build secure, high-availability VPC networks, incorporating IAM roles, security groups, and VPN connections to external vendors and data providers.
• Support the deployment and configuration of AWS services including EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, and related components.
• Contribute to automation initiatives, employing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) to ensure consistent and repeatable deployments.
• Assist with the development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines to facilitate controlled releases and testing cycles.
• Participate in efforts to implement disaster recovery , data backups, and business continuity strategies.
• Maintain thorough documentation of infrastructure designs, deployment procedures, and operational runbooks.

Ideal Experience & Qualifications

Required

• 1-2 years of experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering, or DevOps, ideally with hands-on exposure to AWS.
• Practical knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC).
• Understanding of Linux systems administration and shell scripting (Bash, Python, or equivalent).
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals (IP addressing, subnets, routing, VPN).

Preferred

• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience setting up CI/CD pipelines and integrating with Git-based workflows.
• Familiarity with monitoring, observability, and logging stacks (CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Knowledge of containerisation (Docker).
• Interest in capital markets infrastructure (e.g. market-making, SBL, or Delta One) or prior experience supporting trading systems.

Example Projects You May Work On

• Deploying their proprietary trading platform to AWS with a new database architecture, integrating API connections to liquidity and data vendors.
• Automating infrastructure deployment pipelines to support rapid, reliable releases.
• Implementing fine-grained IAM policies and secure networking to meet regulatory and operational requirements.
• Supporting disaster recovery planning and multi-region resiliency initiatives to protect trading operations.

We are a leading name in defence, aiding Governments, Nations and Societies to defend themselves in an ever-evolving world of cyber crime. We are currently looking for an experienced AWS Cloud Architect to join our prestigious Government and Law Enforcement sectors as they continue to see continuous growth and success.

The Ideal AWS Cloud Architect will have;

• Full eligibility for SC Clearance.
• Demonstrable experience in cloud migration.
• Knowledge of various DevOps & CI/CD tools.
• Working experience of AWS Security and network services.
• A background in Aerospace, Defence or Public Sector consulting.

AWS Cloud Architect key details:

• Up to £92k salary
• Up to 10% performance bonus.
• Based out of London office.
• Flexible hybrid working.
• Must be eligible for SC, or higher, clearance.

If you would like to join us as an experienced AWS Cloud Architect, make sure to click apply now. If you'd like to discuss the AWS Cloud Architect role further, make sure to get in contact with Zachary Phillips at Anson McCade for a private discussion about the role.