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# Cloud Platform Engineer | London

- **Company:** Photon Group
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £75,654.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Databases, Linux, Network Address Translation, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Amazon DynamoDB, Failover, Identity and Access Management, IP Routing, Subnetting, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Routing, Network Segmentation, Peering, Role-Based Access Control, Reliability Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering Practices, Zero Trust Network Access, Data Logging, Scripting, Transport Layer Security, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Low Latency, Route53, Cloudwatch, Terraform
- **Published:** September 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5702456262

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with AWS core services, especially EC2, VPC, IAM, Route 53, ELB, S3, RDS, and EKS/ECS
 * Proven experience designing and operating multi-region AWS deployments
 * Deep understanding of cloud networking concepts:
 + CIDR planning, routing, DNS, VPN, Direct Connect
 + Load balancing, TLS, network segmentation
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
 * Solid understanding of high availability, disaster recovery (DR), and failover patterns
 * Experience with Linux systems and scripting (Bash, Python, or similar)
 * Familiarity with security best practices in AWS (IAM policies, least privilege, encryption, logging)

Preferred / Nice-to-Have

 * Experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and service mesh technologies
 * Knowledge of SRE practices (SLIs, SLOs, error budgets)
 * Experience with global traffic management and edge services (CloudFront, Global Accelerator)
 * Exposure to Zero Trust or advanced network security architectures
 * AWS Certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, Advanced Networking Specialty)

## Description

We are looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer with deep expertise in AWS, multi-region architectures, and cloud networking to design, build, and operate scalable, highly available cloud platforms. You will work closely with DevOps, SRE, Security, and Application teams to enable resilient, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure across regions., * Design, implement, and manage AWS multi-region architectures for high availability, disaster recovery, and low-latency global access

 * Build and maintain cloud networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, NAT/IGW, Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, and PrivateLink
 * Architect and manage hybrid and multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations and landing zones
 * Implement network security controls using Security Groups, NACLs, AWS WAF, Shield, and firewall appliances
 * Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK
 * Design and manage cross-region traffic routing using Route 53, ALB/NLB, Global Accelerator, and DNS failover strategies
 * Build and operate highly available services using AWS services like EC2, EKS/ECS, RDS/Aurora Global Database, DynamoDB Global Tables, and S3 replication
 * Implement observability and monitoring using CloudWatch, VPC Flow Logs, AWS X-Ray, and third-party tools
 * Ensure security, compliance, and cost optimization best practices across regions
 * Troubleshoot complex networking, latency, and connectivity issues across distributed systems
 * Collaborate with development teams to enable CI/CD pipelines, platform self-service, and reliability standards