AWS DevOps Platform Engineer
Falcon
8 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
EnglishJob location
Tech stack
Multitier Architecture
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Tomcat
Computer Networks
DNS
Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
Lightweight Directory Access Protocols (LDAP)
Load Balancing
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
SC Clearance
Cloudwatch
Job description
This role focuses on runtime reliability, monitoring, alerting, system behaviour under load, and ongoing platform optimisation. You will be working in a live production environment, ensuring a complex platform runs reliably and efficiently., AWS Platform Engineering
- Optimise AWS infrastructure for a live multi-tier application
- Improve instance sizing, workload placement, and load distribution
- Work across EC2, networking, DNS, and load balancing
Monitoring, Alerting & Observability
- Strengthen monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch
- Ensure alerts are meaningful and actionable
- Improve visibility of system health and performance
Performance & Reliability
- Analyse system behaviour under load
- Identify bottlenecks across infrastructure and dependencies
- Implement practical improvements to enhance reliability
Incident & Operational Support
- Support incident recovery and analysis
- Work effectively in high-pressure production environments
- Improve platform resilience and stability
Requirements
Essential
- Strong AWS experience (EC2, ALB/NLB, VPC, DNS)
- Proven production support experience
- Monitoring and alerting expertise
- Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Active SC clearance
Desirable
- Tomcat/JVM experience
- LDAP or enterprise platform exposure
- Experience working in secure environments
