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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, AWS 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, Cloud Engineering, Code Review, Information Engineering, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Live Connect (Windows), Nagios, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, AWS Cdk, Data Logging, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Delivery Pipeline, Grafana, Multi-Cloud, AWS Lambda, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Git, Cloudformation, SC Clearance, Amazon Relational Database Service, Gitlab-ci, Information Technology, Amazon Bedrock, AWS Glue, Data Analytics, AWS Fargate, Cloudwatch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Elk Stack, Jenkins, Amazon Redshift, Programming Languages - **Published:** October 28, 2026 - **Apply:** https://apply.deloitte.co.uk/UKCareers/Login?jobId=25549 ## 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: * Solid and demonstrated experience in IT infrastructure, cloud engineering or cloud architecture, with strong working knowledge of compute, storage, networking and cloud management principles. * A track record of designing, building and maintaining cloud-based platforms and infrastructure, with a focus on AWS. * Experience understanding client requirements and solving problems within multidisciplinary delivery teams. * Hands-on delivery experience across AWS services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, AWS IAM, AWS Lambda, AWS App Runner or AWS Fargate. * Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation or AWS CDK. * Experience designing and automating CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild or similar tools. * Understanding cloud networking, security and identity management, including AWS best practices. * Experience with monitoring, logging and alerting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, the ELK stack, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS X-Ray. * Experience with Git and scripting or programming languages such as TypeScript, Python, Bash or Go. * Ability to troubleshoot and optimise enterprise workloads for performance, cost, and reliability. * Clear communication skills and experience working directly with client and delivery stakeholders. * Experience supporting the development of other engineers through mentoring, review, or knowledge sharing. * AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate certification, or active progress towards it. The following will be desirable skills: * Professional or specialty level AWS certification, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate, reflecting depth of technical knowledge across complex platform domains. * Knowledge of site reliability engineering (SRE) principles and practices. * Relevant AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, or AWS Certified Security - Specialty) are a plus. * Hands on experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling, particularly Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK, and a substantial appreciation for repeatable, version-controlled, and auditable provisioning practices. * Familiarity with hybrid and multi-cloud architecture, including experience integrating on-premises environments with AWS. * Working knowledge of AI and ML services on AWS, with a clear understanding of how platforms such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Q Business can be positioned to drive measurable client outcomes. * Experience with AWS billing, cost management, and optimisation, including services such as AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost and Usage Reports. * Exposure to data engineering or analytics workloads on AWS, such as AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SNS, or Amazon SQS, with an ability to contribute meaningfully to data-driven client programmes alongside specialist data teams. * Willing and eligible to obtain UK security clearance to Security Check (SC) is essential. * Active or readily transferable security clearance is desirable. ## Description As an AWS Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for: * Design, develop and maintain secure high-quality AWS solutions, platforms and delivery pipelines, working across the software development lifecycle from design through deployment and maintenance. * Translate client requirements into robust, scalable technical designs, working with senior architects and delivery leads to ensure solutions align with business objectives. * Provide technical insight during system design and contribute to design reviews, technical assurance, and delivery planning. * Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code, and promote consistent engineering practices within the delivery team. * Design and automate CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code, applying DevOps practices to improve repeatability, security and delivery quality. * Optimise AWS workloads for performance, cost, security, reliability, and operational supportability. * Proactively troubleshoot issues, support live services, and take ownership of resolving complex production problems, escalating where appropriate. * Identify technical delivery risks, recommend mitigation actions, and contribute to contingency planning. * Engage directly with client stakeholders, explaining technical options clearly and helping turn requirements into practical delivery plans. * Contribute to effective communication, collaboration and knowledge transfer across multidisciplinary teams. * Support and mentor less-experienced engineers through code reviews, pairing, technical guidance, and knowledge sharing. * Stay current with AWS services and engineering approaches, including Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q Business, and propose relevant innovations for client delivery. * Contribute to the engineering community through learning sessions, reusable assets, methods, and intellectual property. * Support technical pre-sales activity, including bid documentation, RFIs, RFPs, and client presentations. * Participate in technical interviews and support the onboarding of new team members.