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# AWS Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Lorien
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Engineering, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, R (Programming Language), Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Software, Software Architecture, Systems Integration, Extensible Markup Language (XML), System Availability, Cloudformation, Event Driven Architecture, Api Gateway, Terraform, Api Management, Programming Languages
- **Published:** July 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://computerjobs.com/gb/en/mob/job/66642DA307E49C0F6C

## About the Role

* Experience of configuring pricing system products previously and/or experience of writing, testing and developing within a programming language such as XML, C++, Python and R or similar would be equally useful.
 * Ability to work with business stakeholders to translate and prioritise business requirements into technical solutions is highly desirable
 * Strong AWS cloud/Infrastructure experience
 * An understanding of technology in product development is highly desirable
 * An understanding of full project life cycle in a structured environment would be an advantage
 * Strong writing skills to produce comprehensive and accurate documentation
 * Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft technologies
 * The role would be suitable for someone with a technical degree or background in computing or a STEM subject (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
 * AWS Platform Engineering (Compute, Networking, Storage & Databases)
 * API Management & API Gateway
 * AWS Security & Identity Management
 * DevOps & Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
 * CI/CD Pipeline Development & Automation
 * Event-Driven Architectures & System Integration
 * Software Architecture & Cloud-Native Design
 * Testing, Quality Assurance & Platform Reliability
 * Security, Compliance, Observability & Monitoring

## Description

AWS Platform Engineer

We are currently recruiting for an AWS Platform Engineer to join one of our Insurance clients on a 12 month contract.

Inside IR35

Hybrid

Experience

 * Experience of configuring pricing system products previously and/or experience of writing, testing and developing within a programming language such as XML, C++, Python and R or similar would be equally useful.
 * Ability to work with business stakeholders to translate and prioritise business requirements into technical solutions is highly desirable
 * Strong AWS cloud/Infrastructure experience
 * An understanding of technology in product development is highly desirable
 * An understanding of full project life cycle in a structured environment would be an advantage
 * Strong writing skills to produce comprehensive and accurate documentation
 * Knowledge and understanding of Microsoft technologies
 * The role would be suitable for someone with a technical degree or background in computing or a STEM subject (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
 * AWS Platform Engineering (Compute, Networking, Storage & Databases)
 * API Management & API Gateway
 * AWS Security & Identity Management
 * DevOps & Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation)
 * CI/CD Pipeline Development & Automation
 * Event-Driven Architectures & System Integration
 * Software Architecture & Cloud-Native Design
 * Testing, Quality Assurance & Platform Reliability
 * Security, Compliance, Observability & Monitoring

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.


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