Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer

Permanent **\|** Hybrid (flexible) \| Up to £50,000 At **Target Group** , we build secure, scalable technology that powers critical services — and we're looking for a **Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer** to help lead the next phase of our cloud and platform journey. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands\-on technical leader who thrives in **AWS, DevOps automation, cloud networking and security** . If you enjoy shaping engineering standards, mentoring others and building resilient platforms that enable modern delivery at scale, we'd love to hear from you. **What can you expect?** As a **Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer** , you'll be a technical leader responsible for designing, building, securing and optimising cloud infrastructure and networking on the **Amazon Web Services (AWS)** platform. You'll lead by example through hands\-on engineering while providing technical direction, standards and guidance across our DevOps and cloud engineering community. From shaping highly scalable, resilient and cost\-efficient platforms to influencing tooling, automation and operational excellence, you'll play a key role in how we build for the future. Working closely with DevOps, Security, SRE, platform and delivery teams, you'll help shape secure\-by\-design architectures, drive best practice in automation and reliability, and support a collaborative engineering culture focused on continuous improvement. **What You'll Be Doing** * Acting as a senior technical authority for DevOps, cloud engineering and AWS platform design * Leading the design, deployment and optimisation of secure, scalable and highly available AWS architectures * Defining engineering standards, patterns and best practices for infrastructure, networking, security and automation * Providing technical leadership for AWS networking, including VPC design, Transit Gateway, Route 53, load balancing and hybrid connectivity * Championing Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD and GitOps approaches using tools such as Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or GitLab CI * Embedding security, observability, compliance and reliability into cloud\-native and hybrid platforms * Mentoring engineers, guiding architectural decisions and helping raise capability across the wider engineering community **Requirements** **What we're looking for** We're looking for someone who combines **deep technical expertise with strong leadership and collaboration skills** — someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges and supporting others to do their best work. * Extensive hands\-on AWS experience across compute, networking, storage and security * Deep expertise in AWS networking, including VPCs, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ALB/NLB and PrivateLink * Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Terragrunt and/or CloudFormation * Proven experience with CI/CD, GitOps, containerisation and Kubernetes/EKS, plus strong scripting skills in Python, Bash or PowerShell **Desirable (but not essential):** * Experience supporting large\-scale data or analytics platforms * Knowledge of Zero Trust and identity\-centric security models * Experience with SIEM/SOC tooling and cloud threat detection capabilities * Exposure to AWS Control Tower, Organisations and multi\-account governance * AWS certifications such as Solutions Architect, SysOps, Security Specialty or FinOps\-related accreditation * A degree in Computer Science, IT, Cloud Computing or a related discipline **Benefits** **Why join Target?** We're proud to offer a **competitive and flexible benefits package** , designed to support your wellbeing, lifestyle and career growth: **Core Benefits** * Competitive salary of up to £50,000 per annum depending on skills and experience * 30 days holiday plus bank holidays \- from day one * Hybrid working policy * Defined Contribution Pension Scheme (employer matched up to 6%) * Company‑paid Private Medical Insurance (benefit in kind) * Group Life Assurance * Group Income Protection * Discretionary annual bonus scheme * Annual pay review **Flexible \& Lifestyle Benefits** * My Flex benefits platform \- access to a wide range of voluntary benefits * Technology Buying Scheme (salary sacrifice) * Gym Flex \- discounted gym and health club memberships * Dental Insurance * Critical Illness Cover * Health Cash Plan * Cycle to Work scheme * Tastecard / Coffee Club * Employee Discount Scheme across hundreds of retailers **Wellbeing \& Support** * Wisdom Wellbeing \- confidential health and wellbeing support, including EAP * Free flu vaccinations and eye tests, plus contributions towards glasses * Recognition Scheme celebrating successes across the business * Free mortgage advice and support * Charitable payroll giving * Access to a GP 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year through GP24 * Everest Funeral Concierge * Free Bereavement and Probate Advice and Support * Enhanced parental leave **Life at Target** You'll be joining a team that genuinely: * Celebrates success through our My Recognition portal * Invests in your development with regular feedback and support * Cares about wellbeing as much as delivery * Encourages curiosity, innovation and best practice We're committed to creating a Diverse \& Inclusive culture through the execution of our D\&I strategy, community relationships, our people \& leaders. **Grow your future with us!**