Cloud Developer

We are currently looking for a Cloud Developer for a Defence/Engineering company on a contract running until March 2027.

Ready to apply Before you do, make sure to read all the details pertaining to this job in the description below.

Location

• 80% customer‑site based near Cheltenham
• 1 day per week from the office (various locations in UK)
• No home‑working option

Contract Details

• Day Rate: £650-£675 per day
• Duration: Until 31/03/2027
• IR35: Inside
• Clearance: Must hold current, transferable UKIC DV clearance. BPSS check will also be conducted

Role Overview

The Cloud Developer will operate across three primary technical practices:

1. AWS Cloud Engineering
2. Software Engineering
3. Infrastructure

You will work closely with both the company and the customer, delivering outcomes collaboratively across standard Sprint cycles, using SCRUM and KANBAN practices and artefacts.

This is a hybrid‑cloud project involving both on‑prem and AWS components. The technology landscape is broad and evolving; while deep experience across all areas is ideal, strong candidates with partial skills and the ability to learn quickly will be fully supported to ramp up.

Core Technical Skills

AWS

• CDK
• S3
• Lambda
• EKS
• VPC
• CloudTrail
• CloudWatch
• EventBridge
• IAM Policies

These are foundational technologies for the current solution. The stack will expand significantly over the next year as new components are designed. xwzovoh

Software Engineering

• Go
• Python
• TypeScript (for CDK)
• GitLab Pipelines

Infrastructure

• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Docker

If this role is of interest, please send an updated CV to and I will call you to discuss further.