Platform Engineer - aws

Platform Engineer

Annual Salary: upto £75,000

Location:

Somerset or Bristol
Job Type: Full-time/ hybrid working

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to play a crucial role in managing and enhancing our clients SaaS product ranges in AWS Cloud infrastructure. This position is ideal for someone passionate about Dev Ops, Infrastructure-as-Code, and cloud-first deployment, with a strong background in AWS management across multiple accounts and environments.

Day-to-day of the role:

Manage and maintain AWS Cloud infrastructure across production, development, and test environments.
Design, implement, and manage Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools like Terraform and AWS Cloud Formation.
Build, optimise, and support CI/CD pipelines to ensure reliable, repeatable, and secure software delivery.
Implement and enforce Dev Ops and security best practices, ensuring compliance with organisational and industry standards.
Monitor system performance, availability, and security, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
Automate environment provisioning and configuration to reduce manual intervention and increase consistency.
Manage multiple AWS accounts ensuring appropriate governance, cost management, and security controls are in place.
Support Development and Test Teams by providing stable, scalable, and secure environments tailored to their needs.
Collaborate with Development and Test Managers to align platform services with the software development lifecycle.
Maintain and improve monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to provide visibility and resilience across environments.
Evaluate and integrate new AWS services or Dev Ops tools to continuously enhance infrastructure capabilities.
Produce and maintain platform documentation and runbooks, ensuring knowledge is shared and accessible.
Contribute to incident response and root cause analysis for infrastructure-related issues.
Track and report platform metrics, including performance, cost efficiency, and security posture.
Required Skills &

Qualifications:

Proven hands-on experience managing AWS Cloud infrastructure across various environments.
Strong expertise with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools, particularly Terraform.
Demonstrable experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools like AWS Code Pipeline, Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, or Jenkins.
Good knowledge of AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, Lambda, Cloud Watch, etc.).
Experience managing multiple AWS accounts with appropriate governance, billing, and security practices.
Strong understanding of Dev Ops principles and their application to enhance the software development lifecycle.
Knowledge and application of cloud security best practices.

Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
Proficiency in scripting or automation languages (Python, Bash, or Power Shell).
Track record of incident response and root cause analysis in cloud environments.

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