DevOps/Platform Engineer (AWS, Python)

• Design, build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines to enable fast, reliable deployments.
• Write Python for automation, tooling, and platform integrations.
• Work with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS) to support scalable workloads.
• Implement and improve monitoring, logging and alerting to ensure platform reliability.
• Collaborate with software engineers and architects to embed DevOps best practices.
• Contribute to platform architecture decisions and continuous improvement.

We're looking for a DevOps/Platform Engineer with strong AWS and Python experience to help design, build and operate cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines for a range of client platforms., Essential

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS (eg VPC, EC2, IAM, EKS, Lambda, S3).
• Solid Python development or Scripting experience.
• Proven experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.).
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred).
• Experience with containers (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong engineering mindset and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with platform security and cloud governance.
• Observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch).
• Experience working in consultancy or client-facing environments.
• AWS certifications.

Valcon is a technology-led consultancy helping organisations design, build and operate modern, cloud-native platforms. We work end-to-end with our clients - from architecture and engineering through to delivery and optimisation - focusing on automation, reliability and scalable engineering practices. Our engineers are hands-on, trusted to make technical decisions, and work closely with clients to deliver solutions that genuinely improve how systems are built and run.