Platform Engineer - AWS

BJSS; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting firm in Milton Keynes seeks a hands-on platform engineer to join their delivery teams. The successful candidate will work with AWS and lead the definition and support of cloud infrastructure, collaborating with developers and designers. This role offers significant opportunities for professional growth, including AWS certifications, and a hybrid work model with various flexible perks.

Benefits

Flexible benefits allowance

Industry leading health and wellbeing plan

Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Hybrid working

Discounts from retail and lifestyle brands

Referral scheme

Flexible holiday buy/sell option

Electric vehicle scheme

Training opportunities for professional certifications

Community involvement programs

Social calendar events

GymFlex gym membership programme

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience in enterprise cloud environments.
• Experience with containers and orchestration technologies.
• Knowledge of various infrastructure-as-code tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition and support of the AWS delivery platform.
• Work in multi-disciplinary teams on client sites.
• Deliver automation and tooling for cloud infrastructure.

Skills

Cloud environment management

Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Automation and scripting (Python, Ruby, Go)

Configuration management (Puppet, Chef)

Agile development methodologies

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking for hands‑on platform engineers with deep understanding of the AWS ecosystem to join delivery teams working on some of the most exciting digital programmes around, with clients in a range of industries.

As an AWS expert, you'll work in small product teams alongside developers, architects, designers, analysts and product owners to deliver automation, tooling and cloud infrastructure.

We encourage continuous learning, so as well as the opportunity to work with some of the brightest and best in the industry, and evaluate the latest technologies, we’ll reward you for obtaining AWS certifications.

About You

You’ll have the expertise and confidence to lead the definition and support of the AWS delivery platform in complex engagements, typically working in multi‑disciplinary teams on client site. You’ll have :

• Significant commercial experience of designing, deploying and managing enterprise cloud environments.
• Experience of containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, AKS etc.)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, CloudFormation or Pulumi.
• In-depth configuration management, automation and scripting using tools such as Python, Ruby and Go.
• Detailed knowledge of platform and application automated deployment technologies like Puppet, Chef, SaltStack etc.
• Exposure to iterative / agile development methodologies and experience of enabling team delivery through technology.

Some of the Perks

• Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24 / 7 GP services, mental health support, and other
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
• Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
• An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• Flexible holiday buy / sell option
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non‑engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
• Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
• You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
• We have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join– quarterly town halls / squad nights out / weekends away with families included / office get togethers
• GymFlex gym membership programme