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AWS Engineer

HAYS Specialist Recruitment
Birmingham, United Kingdom
2 days ago
£500 – £600 pa

Salary

£500 – £600 pa

Job Type
Contract
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Mid
Education
Degree
Posted
4 Jun 2026 (2 days ago)
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We're supporting a major programme seeking an experienced AWS Contact Centre Engineer to take ownership of an existing Amazon Connect environment while supporting a transition to a new contact centre platform.
This is a hands-on contract role where you will play a critical part in stabilising live services, capturing technical knowledge, and ensuring a smooth platform transition.- Outside IR35
- Hybrid working 1-2 days permonth on site
- 3 - 6 Month contract

The Role (Outside IR35)
You will be responsible for maintaining and supporting a live Amazon Connect estate while leading a structured handover. Alongside BAU responsibilities, you will contribute to the transition into a new contact centre platform (CXone), ensuring continuity and a well-documented, supportable environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide day-to-day support across Amazon Connect voice, email and chat channels
  • Manage BAU activity, including incidents, defects, backlog and incomplete deliverables
  • Take ownership of the platform through a structured handover and knowledge capture
  • Produce and enhance technical documentation, including:
    • Contact flows / IVR logic
    • Routing and queue configuration
    • Integration architecture
  • Carry out hands-on engineering tasks including:
    • Configuration changes
    • Debugging and issue resolution
    • System optimisation
  • Support transition activity, including:
    • Understanding current AWS configurations
    • Mapping functionality to the target platform
    • Supporting dual-running / coexistence where required

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS solution development
  • Proven expertise in Amazon Connect, including:
    • Contact flow and IVR development
    • Queue and routing logic
    • Multi-channel configuration (voice, email, chat)
  • Solid experience in system design and architecture
  • Strong troubleshooting and optimisation capability within live environments
  • Experience working with APIs and integration patterns, including troubleshooting orchestration issues
  • Familiarity with Terraform and working with Infrastructure as Code
  • Exposure to LLM / conversational AI / chatbot configuration

Technology EnvironmentAWS Services

  • Amazon Connect
  • AWS Lambda
  • EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB
  • CloudWatch
  • API Gateway

Integration & Architecture

  • REST APIs
  • Event-driven architectures
  • Service integration / orchestration

Contact Centre

  • IVR / contact flows
  • Routing & queue management
  • Agent configuration

Automation

  • Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)

What We're Looking For

  • A hands-on engineer, not just advisory
  • Comfortable taking over partially documented or consultant-built solutions
  • Strong experience balancing:
    • Live service support
    • Defect/backlog resolution
    • Transition delivery
  • Demonstrable expertise in:
    • Technical documentation
    • Knowledge transfer
    • Handover execution
  • Confident communicator across both technical and operational stakeholders



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