.About the roleWe are seeking a highly skilled AWS Cloud Engineer in the EMEA region to join a world-wide IT Operations team.You will have expertise in managing and optimizing complex AWS environments, particularly in multi-account setups.The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud architecture, identity management, and infrastructure as code (Terraform), with experience across a variety of AWS services including EC2, RDS, EKS, OpenSearch, and others. This role requires an excellent understanding of AWS best practices, security, and governance and will involve working in both existing and developing AWS environments.Whilst the below outlines key responsibilities, there is a need for a great deal of knowledge sharing and team collaboration as well as working closely with an existing Cloud Architect and a growing global Site Reliability (SRE) team.The role is heavily cloud focused, but a background in Linux system administration and a solid understanding of security and network principles will be required.What you will do:- Multi-Account AWS Management:- Help design, implement, and manage multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and AWS Landing Zones.- Develop and enforce account provisioning processes, guardrails, and security policies across multiple AWS accounts.- Continue to improve and secure an existing AWS environment as well as building a greenfield development.- Identity and Access Management (IAM):- Work with existing ITOps and ITSec engineers to help configure and manage IAM roles, policies, and groups to ensure secure and efficient access control across AWS accounts.- AWS Service Management:- Manage and optimize key AWS services including EC2, RDS, EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), and OpenSearch as well as other AWS services.- Monitor and optimize performance, cost, and security of AWS resources, ensuring high availability and resilience.- Infrastructure as Code (IaC):- Develop and maintain IaC scripts for deploying and managing cloud infrastructure using Terraform.- Work with the SRE team to help implement automated CI/CD pipelines to streamline the deployment of infrastructure and application updates.- Security and Compliance:- Implement AWS security best practices, including encryption, network security, and logging.- Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability assessments and collaborate with the ITSec team to remediate any findings.- Ensure compliance with industry regulations and internal security policies.- Monitoring and Incident Response:- Set up monitoring and alerting for AWS resources using CloudWatch, AWS Config, and other monitoring tools.- Respond to incidents, troubleshoot issues, and ensure timely resolution to minimize downtime.- Collaboration and Documentation:- Knowledge share and engage with existing ITOps engineers to improve skills across the team