AWS Engineer

Kerv

AWS Engineer at Kerv managing cloud infrastructure for clients. Focus on security, compliance, and cost optimisation in production and development environments.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudJenkinsPythonTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help run and improve AWS environments across production and development, with a strong focus on security, stability, compliance and cost control.
Work with existing security tooling, including OX Security and Wiz, to identify and prioritise vulnerabilities, drive remediation activity, and maintain a forward plan to reduce risk and improve security posture.
Work within change control process, making sure infrastructure changes are properly assessed, documented, scheduled and communicated.
Look for opportunities to automate repeatable operational tasks, improve consistency, reduce manual effort and support ongoing cost optimisation across cloud estate.
As part of a small team, work closely with engineering, service and product colleagues to keep platforms secure, resilient and efficient.
Manage the day-to-day operation of AWS and Azure environments across multiple customer and internal estates.
Plan and deliver patching, system updates and infrastructure changes.
Use OX Security, Wiz and other tools to identify, triage and track vulnerabilities through to resolution.
Maintain a prioritised programme of work covering remediation, technical debt and broader security improvements.
Contribute technical input into change control, including impact assessments, implementation plans, rollback plans and scheduling.
Maintain and improve CIS-aligned configurations and controls where required.
Drive cost optimisation initiatives across AWS, including usage reviews, rightsizing and reducing waste.
Improve operational efficiency through automation, scripting and better tooling.
Support incident resolution, root cause analysis, documentation and continuous improvement.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-on experience supporting cloud infrastructure in live production environments, with strong experience in AWS and working knowledge of the other.
Experience of day-to-day infrastructure operations, including patching, vulnerability remediation and implementing production changes.
Experience working within a controlled change process in a production environment.
A solid understanding of cloud security fundamentals, including identity and access management, networking, platform hardening and general security best practice.
Experience using automation or scripting to reduce manual effort and improve operational consistency.
Strong organisational, troubleshooting and communication skills, with the ability to prioritise work and see actions through to completion.
Awareness of security and compliance requirements such as Cyber Essentials, CIS or similar good practice.
Ideally you will also have: Experience across both AWS and Azure.
Experience with OX Security, Wiz, or similar cloud security and posture management tooling.
Experience supporting multi-customer or multi-tenant environments.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code or configuration and deployment tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, PowerShell, Bash or Python.
Experience supporting public-sector or other regulated environments.
Experience identifying and delivering cloud cost optimisation initiatives.
Experience supporting operational escalations or working closely with a Service Desk.
Relevant certifications such as AWS, Azure, security or ITIL qualifications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Travel to client sites although very unlikely may occur and will be fully reimbursed by Kerv Group.

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Hard Skills & Tools

AWSAzurevulnerability remediationpatchingInfrastructure as CodeTerraformAnsibleJenkinsPowerShellPython

Soft Skills

organisational skillstroubleshooting skillscommunication skillsprioritisationautomationproblem-solvingcollaborationdocumentationcontinuous improvementchange management

Certifications

AWS certificationAzure certificationsecurity certificationITIL certification