AWS Cloud Engineer (SC Cleared) at Syntax Consultancy Ltd, Andover, Hampshire, £450 per Day

AWS Cloud Engineer (SC Cleared)

Andover (Hybrid)

6 Month Contract

£450/day (Outside IR35)

AWS Cloud Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance and strong experience of AWS Cloud administration. 6 Month Contract based in Andover (Hybrid).

Hybrid Working - 3 days/week remote (WFH), and 2 days/week working on-site in Andover. Paying up to £450/day (Outside IR35).

A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation on a large-scale Government project. Start ASAP in May/June 2026.

Key skills, experience + tasks will include:

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• Administration of new AWS Cloud environment, plus administration of Nginx + Cloudflare.
  
• Using Ansible + Terraform to build mail systems.
  
• Migrating apps/sites to the new architecture in partnership with external suppliers.
  
• Linux Administration (RedHat, Ubuntu, CentOS).
  
• Windows Administration (Windows Server 2012/2019, AD, ADFS, Group Policy, DNS, Trusts).
  
• SQL Server / MySQL Administration (Availability Groups, TDE, Backup & Restore).
  
• SharePoint Admin, Cisco/Juniper Firewall Admin, Load Balancer Configuration (BigIP F5, HAProxy).
  
• Scripting using PowerShell, Bash, YAML, and Python.
  
• Email Support (Dovecot, Postfix, Spam Prevention, Mail Routing)
  
• Web Server Support (IIS, Apache, Tomcat).
  
• Public Cloud (AWS/Azure) + HSM Administration.
  
• Active SC Security Clearance is essential for this contract.