Platform Engineer - AWS (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds and London)
Core
Design, build, and optimize AWS cloud platform infrastructure, automation, and governance to support a 100+ engineering community.
Role type
Core Level Platform Engineer (AWS Cloud)
Builds
AWS Organisations, Landing Zones, platform automation, CI/CD pipelines, and reusable infrastructure components.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / DevOps / Genomic Healthcare
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS commercial experience, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD pipeline management, Python scripting, automation tooling (Ansible/Chef/Puppet), cloud governance, cloud cost optimization, security best practices.
Preferred skills
Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) experience, mentoring application teams, AWS/Terraform certifications.
Technologies
AWS, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible, Python, Chef, Puppet
Responsibilities
Collaborate with DevOps teams to drive automation and efficiency; provide in-hours support for codebase changes; develop and maintain Engineering Golden Path templates; own and enhance cloud-based infrastructure on AWS; develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines; implement Infrastructure as Code; contribute to cloud governance frameworks; build reusable platform components; monitor system performance and introduce automation for resilience; troubleshoot platform issues.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC