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# Senior Platform Engineer (AWS) | Defence | eDV

- **Company:** The Talent Locker
- **Location:** Cheltenham, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Github, Multi-Cloud, Build Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Terraform
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5937656008

## About the Role

* Strong AWS Platform Engineering experience.
 * Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
 * Kubernetes and containerisation.
 * GitHub and GitHub Actions.
 * Linux and Bash scripting.
 * CI/CD automation and DevOps practices.
 * Experience designing and building cloud platforms.

An excellent opportunity to help shape and build a new secure multi-cloud platform from the ground up.

## Description

An opportunity for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to work on a new multi-cloud platform build from the ground up, supporting critical Defence and National Security programmes.

You'll join a small engineering team, taking ownership of platform design, development and deployment, with AWS as a key technology.

The Role

 * Design and build a new multi-cloud platform from the ground up.
 * Develop secure, scalable AWS cloud infrastructure.
 * Build and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
 * Develop CI/CD pipelines and automate platform deployments.
 * Deploy and manage Kubernetes and containerised environments.
 * Establish platform engineering standards, security and automation practices.
 * Work closely with engineering teams to deliver new platform capabilities.