Cloud AWS Engineer, GESS - Global Capability Center

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work-guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity - are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

We are looking for an experienced and driven AWS professional to join our engineering team in a combined Senior Cloud Engineer and even some Cloud Architect capacity. This is a high-impact, dual-function role that sits at the heart of our cloud strategy — you will be both a hands-on builder and a strategic thinker. Day-to-day, you will design and maintain our AWS infrastructure, lead cloud architecture decisions, and set the technical standards that guide the wider engineering organisation. You will work closely with software engineers, security teams, and senior stakeholders to ensure our cloud platform is secure, scalable, cost-efficient, and aligned with business goals. This role suits an engineer who has grown beyond pure execution and is ready to take ownership of architecture and governance, while remaining close to the technology, and ideally has worked in both AWS and Azure clouds. .

How You Will Contribute

• Engineering & Infrastructure:
• Infrastructure as Code – Design, build, and maintain infrastructure using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• CI/CD Pipelines – Deliver and manage automated deployment pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
• Monitoring & Observability – Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging using CloudWatch, Datadog, Grafana, or similar.
• Incident Response – Lead root cause analysis and resolution of production incidents; contribute to on-call rotations.
• Documentation – Maintain up-to-date architecture diagrams, runbooks, and decision records.
• Architecture & Design:
• Cloud Architecture Vision – Own the end-to-end architecture strategy, defining reference patterns and guardrails used across all teams.
• Well-Architected Reviews – Conduct and facilitate AWS Well-Architected Reviews across the five pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, and cost.
• Technology Evaluation – Assess and recommend new AWS services and third-party tooling, balancing innovation with operational stability.
• Cloud-Native Patterns – Drive adoption of event-driven architecture, microservices, serverless, and twelve-factor design principles.
• Governance & Security
• Cloud Governance – Establish and enforce governance frameworks — account structures, landing zones, tagging policies, and guardrails via AWS Control Tower and AWS Organisations.
• Security Architecture – Own the cloud security posture, designing zero-trust network models, identity federation strategies, and data protection controls.
• Compliance – Ensure compliance with relevant frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and HIPAA/PCI-DSS where applicable.
• Threat Modelling – Lead architecture security reviews and threat modelling for new systems.
• Cost, Performance & Strategy
• FinOps – Own the cloud spend strategy, partnering with finance and engineering to set budgets, track usage, and drive continuous optimisation.
• Performance at Scale – Design for resilience and low latency, including multi-region architectures and disaster recovery planning.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
• Executive Communication – Translate complex cloud trade-offs into clear guidance for C-suite and non-technical stakeholders.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration – Partner with product, data, and security teams to align cloud architecture with broader business goals.
• Vendor Management – Represent the engineering organisation in relationships with AWS and third-party partners.
• Mentorship – Coach

• This is a senior, dual-function role. Candidates should bring both strong engineering fundamentals and the ability to operate at an architectural and strategic level.
• 7+ years in cloud engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles, with at least 4 years focused on AWS (some Azure skills will be beneficial)
• Proven experience delivering and architecting large-scale, production AWS environments across multiple accounts and regions.
• Background in both hands-on infrastructure work and architecture-level decision making.
• Some Azure experience is an advantage
• Deep knowledge of core AWS services: EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, VPC, IAM, Route 53, CloudFront, SQS/SNS.
• Expert-level AWS networking: Transit Gateway, VPC peering, Direct Connect, PrivateLink, DNS, TLS, and load balancing.
• Strong Infrastructure as Code proficiency — Terraform preferred; CloudFormation or CDK also valued.
• Containerisation and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes/EKS.
• Cloud security architecture: IAM, SCP, KMS, Secrets Manager, GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF.
• Multi-account AWS strategies using Organisations, Control Tower, and Service Catalog.
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language: Python, Bash, or Go.Must be able to maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present to both technical teams and senior leadership.
• Strong analytical thinking and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical culture.

We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career. We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.