Junior AWS Engineer

Permanent

Location: London (4 days onsite 1 day remote)

We are currently looking for several Junior to mid-level AWS Engineer''s to join a client based in Central London.

You''ll work closely with senior engineers to implement scalable, secure, and highly available solutions, and gain hands-on experience with AWS in a regulated, performance-driven environment.

Experience within financial services/trading environment would be highly desirable

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in designing and deploying cloud infrastructure to support trading applications and databases
• Help configure secure VPC networks, IAM roles, security groups, and VPNs for vendor access
• Support the setup of AWS services such as EC2, RDS, S3, and Lambda
• Contribute to Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or CloudFormation for automation
• Help maintain CI/CD pipelines and streamline deployment workflows
• Support disaster recovery and backup strategies for critical systems
• Maintain clear and accurate infrastructure documentation and operational runbooks

Skills and Experience

Required:

• 1-2 years of experience in cloud engineering, DevOps, or IT infrastructure
• Hands-on exposure to AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, VPC)
• Familiarity with Linux administration and scripting (e.g., Bash or Python)
• Basic understanding of networking (IP, subnets, routing, VPNs)

Preferred:

• Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code tools (Terraform or CloudFormation)
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows
• Knowledge of logging and monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, ELK, Grafana)
• Exposure to container technologies like Docker
• Interest in financial markets or experience with trading system infrastructure

If you are interested and looking to be part of a high-impact technology team in a dynamic financial environment, please apply with a copy of your CV or email (url removed)