Cloud Engineer

Senior AWS Cloud Engineer (Permanent, Full-time - Hybrid)

Location: Hybrid (Limerick)

Salary: Competitive, DOE

Benefits: Private healthcare, pension, €3,000 annual self-directed training budget, 25 days holiday, training days, and more

A growing international technology company in the energy/renewables sector is seeking an experienced Senior AWS Cloud Engineer. This team builds solutions that enable greater integration of renewable energy sources into national grids-helping reduce emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.

As part of a specialist team focused on cloud, internal systems, cyber security, and IT operations, you'll play a key role in scaling the AWS infrastructure to support global expansion. This is a chance to make real impact in a mission-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build secure, scalable, and cost-optimized AWS infrastructure with high reliability and uptime in mind.
• Automate cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code tools like Terraform, creating reusable, standardized modules.
• Manage and scale Kubernetes clusters on AWS (EKS), ensuring strong performance of containerized workloads.
• Develop monitoring, alerting, and dashboarding solutions for visibility into system health and performance.
• Lead post-incident reviews and implement long-term reliability improvements.
• Reduce manual overhead through process automation and tooling.
• Write and maintain internal documentation for systems, configurations, and procedures.
• Collaborate with software engineers on deployment and release processes, embedding reliability and security best practices.
• Stay current on modern cloud and infrastructure trends, especially in areas of automation and security.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in AWS cloud, DevOps, or software engineering roles.
• At least 2 years in a cloud architecture or senior design capacity.
• Strong technical leadership in architecting and maintaining robust systems at scale.
• Proven ability to solve ambiguous infrastructure challenges with clear, strategic thinking.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures and modern cloud-native patterns.
• Solid understanding of security best practices including encryption, secure coding, and vulnerability mitigation.
• Experience managing AWS services and resources efficiently and securely.
• Strong scripting/debugging skills.
• Excellent communication skills (English, written and verbal).

Nice to Have

• Background in networking (cloud and/or on-premise).
• Experience building secure and scalable IoT systems in a cloud environment.
• Ability to both adapt and refactor legacy systems, and build new ones from scratch.

If you're excited to shape the infrastructure of a company driving real environmental impact while working on technically rewarding projects with a forward-thinking team then this could be the ideal role for you. Feel free to apply Below.