Senior AWS Platform Engineer - SC Cleared

As a Senior AWS Platform Engineer, you'll act as a key technical expert, shaping scalable, secure cloud solutions for a variety of clients. Their focus is on platform engineering, DevOps, automation, and cloud-native delivery, creating foundations that balance developer velocity with security, resilience, and governance., * Architect and deliver scalable, highly available and secure cloud-native systems using AWS.

• Design and implement infrastructure as code using Terraform, ensuring consistency and repeatability.
• Drive adoption of modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automation and continuous delivery.
• Support clients in designing and optimising cloud solutions tailored to their technical and business requirements.
• Contribute to project scoping, planning and delivery, taking ownership of smaller engagements.
• Ensure solutions align with best practices across performance, security and cost optimisation.

• Strong hands-on experience with AWS across infrastructure, networking and cloud-native services.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience working with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps principles and automated delivery practices.
• Ability to design secure, scalable and resilient cloud architectures.
• Strong communication skills with experience working directly with stakeholders or clients.
• Background in consultancy, platform engineering or cloud-focused roles is highly desirable.

• Salary up to £90,000 depending on experience.
• 10% annual bonus plus an additional 10% in company shares.
• 26 days annual leave.
• Remote-first working with only one day per month in a central London office.
• Opportunity to work on varied, high-impact cloud projects across multiple industries.
• Ongoing professional development within a highly experienced engineering team.

This opportunity is with a growing, specialist cloud consultancy focused on helping organisations build, secure and scale in the cloud without unnecessary complexity. Founded by experienced engineers who delivered large-scale government digital transformation projects, the business brings a pragmatic, modern approach to cloud-native engineering.