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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - **Company:** Deloitte - **Location:** Belfast, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Reliability Engineering, Cloud Services, TypeScript, AWS Cdk, Data Logging, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Multi-Cloud, AWS Lambda, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Cloudformation, SC Clearance, Amazon Relational Database Service, Amazon Bedrock, Deployment Automation, AWS Glue, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Software Version Control, Amazon Redshift, Programming Languages - **Published:** October 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://apply.deloitte.co.uk/UKCareers/Login?jobId=25541 ## About the Role We partner with incredible clients across a variety of industries, leveraging a wide range of cutting-edge technologies. While the following skills provide a taste of what you might work with, don't view this list as absolute requirements. We're very interested in your passion for innovation and your ability to deliver exceptional solutions for our clients. We are looking for an adaptable professional with relevant previous experience. At Deloitte, we know that it takes a mix of people to do amazing work. You'll collaborate with and learn from talented individuals with diverse skills, backgrounds, and perspectives - bringing your own unique mix to the table is encouraged! If you're passionate about driving innovation and have a proven track record in building brilliant things, we invite you to explore this opportunity. The following are the core skills and experience expected to be successful in this role: * Experience developing, supporting or operating cloud infrastructure and platform solutions. * Foundational understanding of AWS services, cloud infrastructure and modern engineering practices. * Experience with one or more AWS services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon VPC, AWS IAM or AWS Lambda. * Understanding of Infrastructure as Code principles and tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK. * Understanding of CI/CD concepts and deployment automation. * Familiarity with scripting or programming languages such as Python, TypeScript, Bash or Go. * Experience working with Git-based version control systems. * Understanding of monitoring, logging and operational support concepts. * Understanding of core security principles and the ability to apply them when developing AWS platform solutions. * Strong problem-solving and communication skills. * A desire to continuously learn and develop platform engineering expertise. The following will be desirable skills: * Awareness of site reliability engineering principles and practices. * Relevant foundational AWS certification, such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified AI Practitioner. * Hands-on exposure to Infrastructure as Code tooling, such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK, and an understanding of repeatable, version-controlled provisioning practices. * Awareness of hybrid and multi-cloud architectures, including the integration of on-premises environments with AWS. * Awareness of AI and machine learning services on AWS, including Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q Business. * Awareness of AWS billing, cost management and optimisation services, including AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Budgets. * Exposure to data engineering or analytics services on AWS, such as AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SNS or Amazon SQS. * Willing and eligible to obtain UK security clearance to Security Check (SC) is essential. * Active or readily transferable security clearance is desirable. ## Description As a Platform Engineer, you'll develop and apply your AWS platform engineering expertise to help clients solve complex technology challenges. Working as part of multidisciplinary engineering teams, you'll contribute to the design, build and operation of cloud-native platforms and infrastructure, helping organisations adopt modern engineering practices and maximise the value of AWS. You will work across the engineering lifecycle, supporting the delivery of scalable, secure and reliable cloud solutions while continuing to develop your expertise in platform engineering, automation, cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices. As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for: * Build, configure and maintain AWS infrastructure and platform solutions. * Support the delivery of cloud-native platforms and infrastructure services using AWS technologies and engineering best practices. * Develop Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK. * Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation. * Write clean, maintainable and well-documented code, scripts and automation solutions. * Monitor platform health, performance and availability and support operational activities. * Troubleshoot infrastructure, platform and deployment issues, with guidance from more experienced engineers where required. * Apply engineering standards, operational best practices and quality controls throughout the development lifecycle. * Support platform optimisation activities across performance, reliability and cost efficiency. * Collaborate effectively with engineers, architects and client stakeholders. * Produce technical documentation and knowledge-sharing materials. * Stay current with AWS technologies and modern engineering practices. * Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and engineering communities.