Platform Engineer

Skillsbay Limited; Colchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to join their growing platform team. This role emphasizes strong software engineering skills and expertise in AWS, focusing on designing and automating infrastructure using AWS CDK and CloudFormation. You will collaborate closely with engineering teams to enable rapid and secure cloud delivery, utilizing infrastructure-as-code principles to streamline cloud platforms. If you are passionate about cloud technologies and eager to contribute to high-quality deployment workflows, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with AWS and infrastructure management.
• Strong proficiency with AWS CDK and CloudFormation.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS.
• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

AWS services

AWS CDK

CloudFormation

CI/CD pipelines

Bash scripting

Python scripting

Docker

Security best practices

Education

Formal programming training

Tools

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK Stack

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

We are looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer with expertise in AWS and infrastructure automation to work within a growing platform team. This is not a DevOps position — we're seeking individuals with strong software engineering backgrounds, who have experience designing and automating infrastructure using AWS CDK and CloudFormation, and who can contribute to high-quality deployment workflows alongside developers.

You’ll work closely with engineering teams to enable rapid, secure, and scalable cloud delivery, using infrastructure-as-code principles and scripting to streamline and safeguard cloud platforms.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and optimise scalable cloud infrastructure using AWS services and infrastructure-as-code (CDK/CloudFormation).
• Develop and maintain secure, automated CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
• Implement secure cloud architectures and support compliance standards through regular audits and governance practices.
• Collaborate with software engineers to embed infrastructure automation into the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to cost optimisation, performance monitoring, and best practices across the AWS environment.

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Proven hands-on experience with AWS services and infrastructure management.
• Strong proficiency with AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) and/or CloudFormation.
• Solid experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Scripting ability with Bash and optionally Python for task automation and tooling.
• Familiarity with Docker and container management (but not necessarily orchestration).
• Strong understanding of security best practices in cloud environments.
• Software development background or formal programming training.
• Experience applying infrastructure-as-code (IaC) principles in production environments.

Desirable (Not Essential):

• Exposure to Kubernetes or other container orchestration tools.
• Experience with AWS monitoring and logging tools (e.g., CloudWatch).
• Familiarity with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or the ELK Stack.
• Understanding of networking concepts or configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Awareness of Agile methodologies.