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# Infrastructure & Platform Automation Engineer

- **Company:** Whitehall Resources Limited
- **Location:** Cambridge, UK
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Audit Trail, Automation of Tests, Domain Name System (DNS), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Role-Based Access Control, Ansible, TypeScript, VMware VSphere, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Hashicorp, Route53, Hardware Infrastructure, CIS Benchmarks, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Golang
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.co.uk/job/gbab1fc245d74b627fb8775354da56add4/eaa

## About the Role

* Deep Terraform and AWS platform engineering experience in production environments.
 * Strong understanding of IAM, networking, EC2, ECS, RDS/Aurora, Route53, S3, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, VPC endpoints, and cross-account AWS patterns.
 * Confidence working in brownfield Terraform estates, including reusable modules, remote state, provider configuration, moved blocks, plan review, and safe incremental change.
 * Practical automation skills using Python, Go, TypeScript or similar languages.
 * Hands-on GitLab CI, Ansible, HashiCorp Vault, secure secret's handling, and least-privilege automation experience.
 * Ability to solve sophisticated platform issues and communicate clearly across engineering, security, and operations teams.
 * Strong collaboration skills, with experience working effectively across cross-project teams and with engineers at all levels, from junior developers through to senior technical leads and architects.

Useful additional experience

 * Internal developer platforms(example: Backstage), or self-service infrastructure workflows.
 * Kubernetes authentication, policy-based automation, Spacelift, or Terraform orchestration platforms.
 * Hybrid/on-prem infrastructure such as vSphere, IPAM/DDI, DNS, firewall automation, network/security baselines, or storage integration.
 * AI-assisted workflows, MCP/tool-calling systems, or automation agents.

## Description

Whitehall Resources are currently looking for a Infrastructure & Platform Automation Engineer on a hybrid basis in Cambridgeshire for an initial 6 month contract.
Job Overview:
The client is building engineering platforms that help teams move faster, operate safely, and consume infrastructure through software-defined, automated, and governed self-service workflows.
The work spans AWS, Terraform, Ansible, GitLab CI, HashiCorp Vault, internal developer portals, hybrid/on-prem integrations, and lightweight Python/Go services. The client is also exploring AI-assisted automation and tool-calling integrations where they can improve developer and platform workflows.
What you will do

 * Develop and improve reusable Terraform modules, AWS environment repositories, Ansible automation, and Python/Go platform services.
 * We will strengthen CI/CD pipelines for Terraform validation, automated testing, container builds, security checks, and controlled deployments.
 * We will productionise fully self-service workflows for infrastructure requests, approvals, audit trails, and operational actions so no human interaction is required.
 * We will review platform changes for security, reliability, least privilege, state impact, rollback risk, and long-term maintainability.
 * We will work across multiple repositories and platform areas, depending on delivery priorities, with a focus on practical outcomes and safe production change.
 * Ensure changes follow compliance, change control, audit, and least-privilege requirements.