Hybrid Principal Cloud Engineer – AWS EKS, 8-10+ years experience

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About the role

  • Design, evolve, secure, and maintain scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient AWS cloud infrastructure and environments.
  • Implement and manage Kubernetes (EKS) clusters to support modern containerised workloads.
  • Build and maintain infrastructure-as-code using Terraform.
  • Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
  • Implement and manage GitOps workflows with Argo CD.
  • Ensure observability and system health through monitoring and logging tools, including Grafana and New Relic.
  • Collaborate with Customer Success and Technical Support teams to ensure timely resolution of incidents within SLA objectives.
  • Provide clear, accurate incident updates and stakeholder communications.
  • Lead or actively contribute to process improvement initiatives to drive operational excellence.
  • Mentor and coach team members, promoting knowledge sharing and technical growth.
  • Maintain detailed configuration, infrastructure-as-code, and technical documentation.
  • Stay ahead of emerging cloud technologies, including AI/ML, and proactively apply them to enhance platform capabilities.
  • Achieve and maintain AWS certifications, supporting business credibility across key technology stacks.
  • Contribute to strategic initiatives in security, performance, reliability, automation, and cost optimisation.
  • Partner with Solutions Architects to deliver solution designs aligned with business strategies.
  • Drive automation of repetitive tasks and workflows to maximise team efficiency.
  • Support Agile delivery by providing input into planning, estimation, and backlog refinement.
  • Collaborate closely with Software Engineers and QA teams to ensure smooth, secure delivery pipelines.
  • Work independently, managing priorities and delivering high-quality outcomes with accountability.
  • Participate in the On-Call rota, providing operational support as required.
  • Take ownership of information security and data protection responsibilities, supporting compliance with regulatory and legal requirements.

Requirements

  • 8-10+ years of experience in cloud engineering and infrastructure.
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS cloud infrastructure and services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, etc.).
  • Proven expertise in Kubernetes and Amazon EKS (mandatory).
  • Proficiency with Terraform for infrastructure-as-code (mandatory).
  • Hands-on experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation (mandatory).
  • Experience with Argo CD for GitOps workflows (mandatory).
  • Strong knowledge of monitoring and observability tools, including Grafana and New Relic (mandatory).
  • Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, or similar).
  • Deep understanding of cloud security principles and practices.
  • Excellent communication, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
  • Highly Desirable - AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional or Associate).
  • Exposure to AI/ML workloads and services (e.g., SageMaker, Bedrock, custom ML deployments).

Benefits

  • We’re on a journey to become market leaders in our space – and with that comes some incredible opportunities.
  • Collaborate and learn from industry experts from all over the globe.
  • Work with game-changing products and services.
  • Get the training and support you need to try new things, adapt to quick changes and explore different paths.
  • Join Keyloop and progress your career, your way.
  • An inclusive environment to thrive.
  • We’re committed to fostering an inclusive work environment.
  • We promote an inclusive culture within our business, and we celebrate different employees and lifestyles – not just on key days, but every day.
  • Be rewarded for your efforts.
  • We believe people should be paid based on their performance so our pay and benefits reflect this and are designed to attract the very best talent.

Job title

Principal Cloud Engineer – AWS EKS, 8-10+ years experience

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