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Platform Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure (AWS | Kubernetes | IaC)

Job description

We’re looking for a skilled Platform Engineer to join a forward-thinking Infrastructure Team. This role is ideal for someone passionate about cloud automation, scalability, and building secure, reliable platforms. You’ll play a key part in modernising deployment patterns, evolving cloud environments, and improving the reliability and resilience of production systems.

What You’ll Do
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services such as EC2, EKS, RDS/Aurora, ElastiCache, OpenSearch, and CloudFront.
  • Lead and support the adoption of Kubernetes (EKS) for managing production and internal workloads.
  • Architect and implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Drive continuous improvement in platform reliability, scalability, and cost optimisation.
  • Collaborate with SRE, Security, and Engineering teams to strengthen observability, monitoring, and alerting using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.
What You’ll Bring
  • Proven experience designing and automating AWS infrastructure.
  • Strong experience building IaC pipelines with Terraform and integrating them with CI/CD tools
  • Deep understanding of Kubernetes operations on AWS, including scaling, deployment automation, and monitoring.
  • Solid background in Linux administration, networking, and cloud security.
  • Hands-on experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki).
  • Knowledge of database reliability.
  • Strong scripting skills.
  • A collaborative approach with a passion for improving systems through automation and consistency.

The role:
Pay - £60,000 - £90,000 - Depending on experience
Cambridge based - Hybrid - 3 days in office

Why Join
You’ll work in a progressive engineering culture that values autonomy, technical excellence, and innovation. Expect real influence on architectural decisions, a supportive team, and opportunities to shape the future of a growing cloud platform.

Apply or message me ( John Magee) for more