Are yo ready tochart yor own career path? With or refreshed strategy, we're bilding on or rich heritage and transforming or bsiness to be more scalable and efficient, nlocking the capabilities needed for ftre sccess. This incldes significantly investing in technology, streamlining the way we work and creating an environment where colleages feel engaged, empowered and accontable; where they can show p, speak p and perform - becase we believe in the difference or work makes.




At a glance:




Location: Cirencester Office




Workplace Type: Hybrid




Employment Type: Permanent




Seniority: Mid-Senior Level



Abot the role:



Join St. James's Place as a Senior AWS Engineer! This is an otstanding opportnity to develop the ftre of or clod infrastrctre, ensring a performant and reliable platform for or commnity. If yo are passionate abot clod technologies and thrive in a collaborative environment, we want yo on or team!



What yo'll be doing:



Collaborating with Technology Operations, Soltion Architects, and Project teams to bild AWS infrastrctre.

Assessing and delivering complex changes for varios projects.

Providing mentorship and spport to team members for their technical development.

Performing operational activities sch as incident resoltion and maintenance.

Recommending and delivering efficient soltions.

Maintaining the cybersecrity stance of or IT infrastrctre.

Identifying and implementing areas for atomation.

Acting as a consltant for complex problems and isses.

Keeping p-to-date with AWS tools and recommending improvements.



Abot yo:



Yo will be a technically capable AWS Clod Engineer who thrives in complex enterprise environments. Yo bring a strong fondation in clod infrastrctre, atomation, and operational spport, copled with a genine passion for continos improvement and professional development.



With a proven track record of delivering and spporting AWS-based soltions, yo are comfortable working across a broad range of technologies and are eqally adept at managing day-to-day operational responsibilities as yo are contribting to strategic clod initiatives. Yo will possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, enabling yo to diagnose complex isses, identify root cases, and implement effective long-term soltions.



Essential Criteria:



Proven hands-on experience designing, implementing, and spporting AWS clod environments.

AWS Certified Soltions Architect - Associate (minimm), with Professional-level certifications considered advantageos.

Strong experience with Infrastrctre as Code (IaC), ideally sing Terraform.

Experience spporting both Windows and Linx workloads in AWS environments.

Strong trobleshooting and diagnostic skills across clod, infrastrctre, and platform technologies.

Experience working within large enterprise environments, inclding exposre to networking, firewalls, Active Directory, and hybrid-clod architectres.

Knowledge of AWS secrity and governance services, inclding IAM, AWS Config, KMS, and SecOps best practices.

nderstanding of High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and operational resilience within AWS.

Experience contribting to clod migration, infrastrctre modernisation, or data centre transformation initiatives.

A proactive, ownership-driven approach with the ability to see isses throgh to resoltion.



Desirable Criteria:



Wealth Management or Financial services experience




What's in it for yo?



Whatever stage of life yo're in, or benefits are designed to provide the spport, flexibility, and peace of mind yo need to thrive both at work and beyond.



In addition to or discretionary annal bons scheme, which reflects both individal and company performance, yo'll benefit from a
market-leading benefits package tailored to spport yor wellbeing, financial secrity, and family life.



Or benefits inclde:

8 days' annal leave pls bank holidays, with the option to prchase p to 5 additional days.

Private Medical Insrance - company-fnded cover for yo and yor immediate family

Generos Pension Scheme - a non-contribtory employer contribtion of 1%, increasing with length of service p to 15%, pls the opportnity to increase this throgh salary sacrifice

Enhanced Parental Leave - p to 6 weeks' fll pay to spport growing families.

Protection Benefits - company-fnded critical illness cover, income protection, and life assrance

EV salary sacrifice scheme throgh Tsker

Reasonable Adjstments We're an eqalopportnities employer and want to ensre or recritment process is accessibleand inclsive for all, if yo reqire reasonable adjstment(s) at any stageplease let s know by emailing s at careers@sjp.co.k

Research tells sthat applicants (especially those from nderrepresented grops) can be pt offfrom applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria or have been onan extended career-break. If yo think yo wold be a good match for this role andcan demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless ofwhether yo tick every box.




What's next?



If yo're excitedabot this role and believe yo have the skills and experience we're lookingfor, we'd love to hear from yo! Please sbmit an application by clicking'apply' below and or team will be in toch.

As a bsinessreglated by the FCA we wold advise yo to familiarise yorself with thecondct reglations and in particlar consmer dty obligations prior to aninterview with SJP.