AWS Platform Engineer

Diana Duggan; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Diana Duggan is seeking an AWS Platform Engineer for a Belfast hybrid role. The contract is 6 months with extension potential, paying £550–£650 per day via Umbrella Company. Start ASAP.

You will design and build cloud-based platform solutions on AWS, with a focus on scalable, secure infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have extensive AWS experience, IaC proficiency, CI/CD expertise, and strong knowledge of networking, security and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Solid and demonstrable experience in IT infrastructure and cloud engineering or architecture.
• Deep working knowledge of compute, storage, networking, and cloud management principles.
• Hands on experience with AWS including EC2, EKS, RDS, Redshift, S3, VPC, IAM, Lambda, and App Runner/Fargate.
• Proficient in IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, or AWS CDK.
• Background in CI/CD pipeline design and automation (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CodePipeline/CodeBuild).
• Understanding of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring/logging/alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, X-Ray).
• Experience with Git and scripting (Python, Bash, Go).
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimise workloads for performance, cost, and reliability on AWS.

Responsibilities

• Solid and demonstrable experience in IT infrastructure and cloud engineering or architecture.
• Design, build and maintain cloud-based platforms with focus on AWS.
• Work with cross-functional teams to deliver platform solutions.

Skills

IaC experience

CI/CD design

Networking & security in cloud

Monitoring & logging

SRE principles

Tools

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

AWS CDK

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

CodePipeline/CodeBuild

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

ELK stack

Git

Job description

One of the big four are seeking an AWS Platform Engineer to join their team within Technology & Transformation. The team is focused on the technical delivery of new solutions that solve complex challenges for clients. You will help drive innovation and technology forward, collaborating with cross-functional teams and using cutting-edge tools.

We are looking for an experienced cloud platform engineer with in-depth knowledge of engineering and architectural principles to design and build innovative platform solutions.

• Role: AWS Platform Engineer - Technology & Transformation
• Day rate: £550 – 650 per day
• Pay framework: Umbrella Company
• Start date: ASAP
• Contract duration: 6 months initially (with scope to extend)
• Location: Belfast. (hybrid role)

Key Accountabilities:

• Solid and demonstrable experience in IT infrastructure and cloud engineering or architecture, with a deep working knowledge of compute, storage, networking, and cloud management principles applied in professional delivery contexts.
• A track record of designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based platforms and infrastructure, with a focus on AWS.
• Hands on experience with AWS, including practical delivery across core services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Lambda, and AWS App Runner or AWS Fargate.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform (including AWS), AWS CloudFormation, or the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK).
• Background in CI/CD pipeline design and automation using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, or similar.
• Understanding of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments, including AWS-specific best practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, the ELK stack, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS X-Ray).
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, Go).
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimise workloads for performance, cost, and reliability on AWS.

Desirable experience and skills:

• Professional or specialty level AWS certification,
• Knowledge of site reliability engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
• Hands on experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling, particularly Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK
• Working knowledge of AI and ML services on AWS, with a clear understanding of how platforms such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Q Business can be positioned to drive measurable client outcomes.
• Experience with AWS billing, cost management, and optimisation, including services such as AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost and Usage Reports.
• Exposure to data engineering or analytics workloads on AWS, such as AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SNS, or Amazon SQS, with an ability to contribute meaningfully to data-driven client programmes alongside specialist data teams.