Platform Engineer

Position Overview

We are at Qualient looking for a Platform Engineer with cloud formation experience – Active SC clearance required. Relevant experience: 10-15 years.

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable platform solutions, including monitoring, managing, and optimizing cloud-based (AWS) resources.
• Feed engineering insight and experience into the wider Strategy and Architecture team to identify opportunities to improve engineering across the whole organisation.
• Document all procedures and policies for maintaining and improving system infrastructure.
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines) for efficient and secure deployment and operations, while also working with development teams to facilitate the deployment and operation of systems.

• Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer, including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
• Experience with scripting and pipeline automation (e.g., Jenkins and Git Hub Actions).
• Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Cloud Formation or Terraform (Essential).
• Experience working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.
• Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
• Ability to cooperate closely with both engineers and product teams – including designers, product managers, and analysts.
• Hands‑on Cloud Formation scripting, troubleshooting, and debugging.
• Working knowledge of Chef, scripting, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Python scripting and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Jenkins pipelines (multibranch) deployments, groovy scripting.
• Experience with Linux commands and knowledge of troubleshooting web services.
• Experience with AWS services – EC2, NLB, API Gateway, ASG, etc.