Lead Cloud Engineer (AWS)

We are partnering with a leading global investment bank to appoint a Vice President Lead Cloud Engineer within their Corporate Technology / Digital Engineering function. This is a high-impact, hands-on engineering leadership role at the early stages of a major AWS expansion programme. The organisation is in the process of onboarding AWS as a strategic cloud platform alongside an existing multi-cloud estate (Azure and Oracle), and this role will be central to shaping how AWS is designed, governed, and operated across the enterprise.

You will sit within a highly specialist cloud engineering team responsible for designing, building, and supporting public cloud platforms used across global business lines. The Opportunity This is not a pure architecture or advisory position it is a hands-on engineering leadership role with direct responsibility for: Defining AWS platform standards, landing zones, and governance frameworks Designing and implementing secure, scalable AWS solutions in production Supporting AWS onboarding across the enterprise, including service enablement and integration with enterprise tooling Providing BAU support and acting as a technical escalation point for AWS-related issues Driving automation, reliability, security, and cost optimisation across the AWS estate Working closely with application, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver production-grade cloud solutions What You’ll Be Doing Leading AWS engineering design and implementation as the platform is rolled out globally Building reusable IaC patterns (Terraform / CloudFormation) and automation frameworks Developing AWS landing zones, guardrails, and enterprise-grade architecture standards Troubleshooting complex production issues across networking, compute, identity, and automation layers Contributing to CI/CD and Git-based engineering practices across cloud delivery Producing high-quality technical documentation (designs, runbooks, operational standards) Key Requirements We are looking for a deeply technical AWS engineer who is comfortable operating in complex, regulated environments. Strong hands-on AWS engineering background in production environments Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation) Strong scripting ability (Python, PowerShell or similar) Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines Deep understanding of AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, IAM) Strong networking and cloud security fundamentals Ability to troubleshoot complex distributed cloud environments Preferred: Azure and/or Oracle Cloud exposure in a multi-cloud environment AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional) Financial services / large-scale regulated environment experience #J-18808-Ljbffr