Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £44,835 to £47,195 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | The Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | REC006423 |
Summary
AAT is the Association of Accounting Technicians, the world’s leading professional body for accounting technicians. AAT develops finance qualifications that ensure businesses can draw upon skilled people, fully equipped to meet their challenges head-on. AAT believes that everyone should have the opportunity to unleash their career ambition – and they make it happen by breaking down barriers and empowering people with real-world expertise valued by organisations across all sectors.
Term: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Location: We have hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week, in our office in Canary Wharf.
What exactly will you be doing?
The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the smooth transition of AAT’s workloads to the cloud. You will collaborate with third party vendors and internal stakeholders to design, implement, and maintain a robust, scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure solutions that supports AAT’s business goals. You will also be responsible for managing AAT’s cloud infrastructure, Identity and endpoints. This role is critical to AAT pursuit of becoming a cloud first organisation. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in migrating on-premises infrastructure to the cloud and will be adept at managing and optimizing both Azure and AWS environments.
Major objectives
The major objectives are:
Collaborate with third party vendors and internal stakeholders to plan, design, and execute the migration of AAT’s on-premises workloads to cloud.
Configure and maintain Azure and AWS resources, including virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, Virtual firewalls and databases.
Implement and maintain endpoint management tools (Intune, MDM, Apple School Manager) to ensure consistent device policies, software updates and security compliance,
Collaborate closely with the cyber security engineer to Implement security measures, ensure compliance, and conduct regular audits and risk assessments.
Migrate and modernize existing workloads into IaaS, PaaS or SaaS to improve performance, availability and scalability.
Develop and manage automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code templates with tools like Azure Resource Manager (ARM), AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, PowerShell, and AWS CLI.
Diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, provide technical support, and assist in disaster recovery planning.
Create and maintain documentation, collaborate with third party vendors and internal stakeholders, and handle communication challenges.
What are we looking for?
Possess at least 3+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, with a focus on Azure and AWS.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect) are preferred.
Strong understanding of Azure and AWS architecture and services and how they integrate with on-premises services and workloads.
Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipeline and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Strong problem-solving abilities and a forward-thinking mindset.
Experience with mobile device management and mobile application management.
Strong customer focus both internal and external
If you possess the expertise, passion and drive to excel in this role, we invite you to apply and become a part of our dynamic team. Seize this opportunity to contribute to our digital transformation and leave your mark on our online presence.
What are the benefits?
At AAT we believe in treating our staff well and this is reflected in our wide-ranging benefits, which include:
Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in our London office) and opportunities for further flexible working.
25 days’ annual leave with the opportunity to buy and sell, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
Great pension scheme whereby AAT will contribute up to 10.15%, life assurance and critical illness cover.
Health cash plan.
Regular wellbeing initiatives.
Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to 6 months’ full pay depending on the length of service.
Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is 04 July 2025 at 17.00, however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.
It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join us on our journey. In 2023 we achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey, and we have recently launched our strategy to 2030.
We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We have a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on our D&I strategy and organise events to celebrate and raise awareness. We are a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter, and in 2022 we exceeded our target for appointing females into senior positions.
Come and help us to make AAT an even better place to work!
Interested?
To apply please upload a copy of your CV and fill your application online.
Term: Fixed Term Contract (12 months)
Location: We have hybrid working in place, with 1-2 days per week, in our office in Canary Wharf.
What exactly will you be doing?
The Cloud Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for ensuring the smooth transition of AAT’s workloads to the cloud. You will collaborate with third party vendors and internal stakeholders to design, implement, and maintain a robust, scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure solutions that supports AAT’s business goals. You will also be responsible for managing AAT’s cloud infrastructure, Identity and endpoints. This role is critical to AAT pursuit of becoming a cloud first organisation. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in migrating on-premises infrastructure to the cloud and will be adept at managing and optimizing both Azure and AWS environments.
Major objectives
The major objectives are:
Collaborate with third party vendors and internal stakeholders to plan, design, and execute the migration of AAT’s on-premises workloads to cloud.
Configure and maintain Azure and AWS resources, including virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, Virtual firewalls and databases.
Implement and maintain endpoint management tools (Intune, MDM, Apple School Manager) to ensure consistent device policies, software updates and security compliance,
Collaborate closely with the cyber security engineer to Implement security measures, ensure compliance, and conduct regular audits and risk assessments.
Migrate and modernize existing workloads into IaaS, PaaS or SaaS to improve performance, availability and scalability.
Develop and manage automation scripts and Infrastructure as Code templates with tools like Azure Resource Manager (ARM), AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, PowerShell, and AWS CLI.
Diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues, provide technical support, and assist in disaster recovery planning.
Create and maintain documentation, collaborate with third party vendors and internal stakeholders, and handle communication challenges.
What are we looking for?
Possess at least 3+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, with a focus on Azure and AWS.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect) are preferred.
Strong understanding of Azure and AWS architecture and services and how they integrate with on-premises services and workloads.
Familiarity with DevOps tools and practices, including CI/CD pipeline and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
Strong problem-solving abilities and a forward-thinking mindset.
Experience with mobile device management and mobile application management.
Strong customer focus both internal and external
If you possess the expertise, passion and drive to excel in this role, we invite you to apply and become a part of our dynamic team. Seize this opportunity to contribute to our digital transformation and leave your mark on our online presence.
What are the benefits?
At AAT we believe in treating our staff well and this is reflected in our wide-ranging benefits, which include:
Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in our London office) and opportunities for further flexible working.
25 days’ annual leave with the opportunity to buy and sell, increasing one day per year up to a maximum of 30 days plus bank holidays.
Great pension scheme whereby AAT will contribute up to 10.15%, life assurance and critical illness cover.
Health cash plan.
Regular wellbeing initiatives.
Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave contributions of up to 6 months’ full pay depending on the length of service.
Closing Date: The planned closing date for this role is 04 July 2025 at 17.00, however, we reserve the right to close the role earlier than planned.
It’s an exciting time to join AAT and we would love you to join us on our journey. In 2023 we achieved one-star company status in the Best Companies survey, and we have recently launched our strategy to 2030.
We are committed to being an inclusive and welcoming place to work. We encourage applications from diverse candidates and make recruitment decisions based on skill and experience. We have a Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Champions group, which leads on our D&I strategy and organise events to celebrate and raise awareness. We are a disability-confident committed employer and have signed up to the Race at Work Charter. We have also signed up for the Women in Finance Charter, and in 2022 we exceeded our target for appointing females into senior positions.
Come and help us to make AAT an even better place to work!
Interested?
To apply please upload a copy of your CV and fill your application online.