Senior AWS Engineer

Company Description Version 1 has celebrated 30 years in business and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver technology and transformation solutions that drive customer success. Our deep expertise enables our customers to navigate the rapidly evolving technology landscape. We foster strong partnerships with global technology leaders including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, Out Systems, Snowflake, ensuring that our customers are provided with the highest quality solutions and services.   We’re an award-winning employer reflecting how our employees are at the very heart of  what we do:  UK & Ireland's premier AWS, Microsoft & Oracle partner  3300+ strong, 350/300m revenue business  10+ years as a Great Place to Work in Ireland & UK  Best Workplace for Women in the UK & Ireland by GPTW  Best Workplace for Wellbeing in the UK by GPTW  We’re a core values driven company, we hire people who share our values, and we reward those who display and foster them, it’s deeply embedded within our DNA.

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities Design, build and maintain cloud-native applications using AWS serverless services (e.g. Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, SQS, Cognito and Cloud Watch).Architect and support highly regulated, multi-tenant EKS/Kubernetes clusters.

Develop Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK or similar tools (e.g. Terraform, Cloud Formation).Build and support modern web applications using React and Type Script.

Implement and optimise REST and GraphQL APIs.Contribute to event-driven and microservices architectures.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, support Dev Ops processes (CI/CD pipelines and configuration management), and troubleshoot issues across the technology stack.

Qualifications Essential Skills & Experience AWS & Cloud (Mandatory)
Demonstrated hands-on experience with AWS services, including:

LambdaAPI Gateway

DynamoDBSQSCognito Cloud Watch Proven  experience designing, building, deploying and operating AWS workloads.

Experience working in highly regulated and secure environments.

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering Demonstrated hands-on experience with:

EKS/Kubernetes production-grade clusters

Multi-tenant Kubernetes architectures

Platform reliability, scalability and observability

DevOps & Automation Experience implementing fully automated CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub Actions.

Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (mandatory).Configuration and deployment using Helm Charts.

Scripting and automation using Python and Bash.

Application & Development Proficiency in Type Script.

Hands-on experience with React frontend development.

Experience developing and integrating:

REST APIsGraphQL APIsDemonstrated understanding of:

Microservices architectures

Event-driven architectures

Quality & Testing

Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD).Exposure to relevant testing frameworks.

Commitment to code quality, reliability and maintainability.

Security & Dev Sec Ops Demonstrated  understanding of:

Secure-by-design principles

Dev Sec Ops  practices

Security controls across cloud, container and CI/CD layers

Collaboration & Problem Solving Demonstrated troubleshooting and problem-solving skills across the full technology stack.

Ability to work in complex, distributed system environments.

Effective collaboration and communication skills.

Nice to Have Experience working in financial services or other regulated industries.

AWS Certifications (Solutions Architect and/or Dev Ops Engineer).

Experience with GraphQL security and API governance.

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