Cloud Platform Engineer / AWS Platform Engineer / Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AWS)

Job Title:  Cloud Platform Engineer

 

Location:  Leeds, London or Gloucester , Some additional travel will be required in line with business needs

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

 

 

What you’ll be doing

 

The AI Platform Engineer plays a critical role in maintaining and improving DI AWS environments and the associated AI tools. 

• Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Build and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms and landing zones.
• Automate deployment pipelines and operational processes using CI/CD tools and scripting languages.
• Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, security, and cost optimisation.
• Manage networking, IAM policies, security groups, VPCs, and cloud governance controls.
• Support containerised and serverless workloads using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and AWS Lambda.
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues across development, test, and production environments.
• Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
• Ensure compliance with security standards, best practices, and organisational policies.
• Evaluate new AWS services and recommend platform improvements and innovations.
  
  
  

Your skills and experiences   

 

• Strong experience of working within an IT Service/Support function.
• Knowledge of IT technologies, including PowerShell scripting, VBA scripting, TCP/IP networking
• Experience of working with 3rd Party IT service suppliers and partners.
• Experience of working within large, matrixed organisations.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement innovative solutions.
• Draws upon past or previous experience and makes judgements to resolve problems for scenarios that may not be covered by standard procedures.
• Applies subject matter knowledge to local problems or issues.
• History of making evaluative judgments of both factual and qualitative information drawn from a variety of sources.