AWS Engineer

About the job About The Company Opus Recruitment Solutions is a leading global recruitment agency specializing in providing innovative staffing solutions across various sectors, including technology, finance, and engineering. With a strong commitment to excellence, Opus Recruitment Solutions partners with top-tier organizations to connect talented professionals with impactful roles. Our mission is to deliver exceptional service and foster long-term relationships by understanding the unique needs of both clients and candidates, ensuring the right match every time. About The Role We are seeking an experienced AWS Engineer to join our client’s team on a 6-month contract basis, primarily working remotely with a commitment of one day per week in Cirencester. The role focuses on platform resilience and hardening within a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) framework. The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of AWS cloud services, particularly in areas related to system resilience, backup strategies, and operational robustness. This position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to high-availability solutions in the financial services or similarly high-demand sectors, ensuring systems are resilient, secure, and compliant with industry standards. Qualifications The successful candidate should have a proven track record in AWS engineering or SRE roles, with hands-on experience in cloud platform management. Essential qualifications include expertise in AWS storage services such as S3, EBS, EFS, and FSx, along with familiarity with AWS Backup or comparable enterprise SaaS backup solutions. Candidates should demonstrate a strong understanding of resilience, disaster recovery, and high-availability architectures. Additionally, experience with chaos testing, failure injection, and cyber resilience initiatives is highly desirable. A background in financial services or other sectors requiring high availability is considered an advantage. Responsibilities The primary responsibilities of this role include designing and implementing platform hardening strategies to enhance system resilience and security. The engineer will be responsible for managing AWS storage and backup services, ensuring data integrity, availability, and rapid recovery capabilities. They will actively participate in resilience testing activities such as chaos engineering and failure injection to identify vulnerabilities and improve operational robustness. The role also involves developing and maintaining disaster recovery plans, optimizing RTO/RPO metrics, and ensuring compliance with industry standards. Collaboration with cross-functional teams to implement best practices in high availability and disaster recovery is essential. Additionally, the engineer will evaluate and integrate third-party backup SaaS products to enhance backup and recovery processes. Benefits Our client offers a competitive daily rate within the Inside IR35 framework, along with a flexible work environment that supports remote working. This contract provides valuable experience working on complex resilience projects within a high-demand sector. The role also offers opportunities for professional development, exposure to cutting-edge cloud resilience technologies, and the chance to work with a dynamic team dedicated to maintaining system integrity and security. The position is ideal for professionals seeking to deepen their expertise in AWS platform resilience and operational excellence. Equal Opportunity Opus Recruitment Solutions and our clients are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities regardless of race, gender, age, religion, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We believe that a diverse workforce fosters innovation and drives success, and we are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where all employees can thrive. Desired Skills and Experience AWS, Site Reliability Engineering, Disaster Recovery, Cloud Security, High Availability, Backup and Recovery