Senior Cloud Network Engineer (Contract)

Job Purpose: The successful candidate will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of a migration project from a networking perspective, including architecture and design of scalable, secure network solutions, detailed migration planning, and hands-on implementation. You will define and build cloud networking components such as VPCs/VNets, routing, segmentation, connectivity (VPN/Direct Connect), and security controls, ensuring alignment with best practices and organisational standards. Working closely with infrastructure, security, and application teams based in the UK, you will drive the transition from legacy environments to cloud-native networking, ensuring minimal disruption, high availability, and robust performance throughout the migration lifecycle.

About Product & Technology: Product & Technology plays a pivotal role in aligning the organization with its strategic objectives and enhancing shareholder value. We are committed to driving and executing future roadmaps that are in line with the overall strategic direction of RWS. With a global reach, Product & Technology provides support services to over 7500 end users worldwide. Our core functions encompass Enterprise & Technical Architecture, Network & Voice, Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Service Operations, Data & Analytics, Security & Quality Compliance, Transformation, Application Development, and Enterprise Platforms.

Job Overview: Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead the design and architecture of AWS network solutions.
• Produce/contribute to detailed documentation such as HLD/LLD, migration and runbooks.
• Plan and execute on-premises to AWS migration strategies.
• Define and implement network security controls using best practice and AWS components.
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure networking supports workload performance, scalability, and resilience.
• Troubleshoot complex hybrid network issues, including routing, latency, and connectivity challenges.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to automate AWS network provisioning and ensure consistency.
• Ensure compliance with governance, security, and operational best practices across all AWS network deployments.
• Conduct testing, validation, and optimisation of network performance post-migration.

Skills Required:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in designing and implementing Enterprise Scale AWS networking with components such as TGW/IGW/NGW, VPCs, multi account with hub and spoke architecture, FWs/SGs/NACLs etc.
• Strong hands-on experience with Site-to-Site VPN, AWS Direct Connect, DIAs etc.
• Demonstrated experience migrating workloads from on-premises to AWS.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform, including writing modular, reusable Terraform code for AWS network infrastructure.
• Strong troubleshooting skills across hybrid environments, including deep packet flow analysis and performance optimisation.
• Understanding of high availability, resilience, and disaster recovery patterns within AWS networking.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as VPC Flow Logs, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.
• Scripting/automation skills (e.g. Python, Bash) to support operational tasks and integration.
• Good understanding of other CSPs such as Azure and/or Google.
• Some experience with Catalyst/Nexus and/or Meraki MX platforms would be beneficial.

Life at RWS: If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients first and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients. RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind.