Senior Cloud Platform Architect

Cambridge Aerospace; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Private Medical & Dental

Cycle to work scheme

On-site catering

Job summary

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design and own the cloud platform architecture in AWS and/or Azure, balancing security, reliability, cost, and efficiency.

You will build reusable IaC modules, implement CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable hosting for applications. Mentoring others and driving platform improvements are key aspects of the role.

Qualifications

• Design cloud platform architecture from scratch in AWS and/or Azure, including multi-account/subscription structure
• Strong Infrastructure as Code skills (e.g. Terraform), including authoring reusable, versioned modules used by other teams
• Proficiency in Python or TypeScript, used to build platform tooling, automation or services
• Experience designing CI/CD systems and deployment patterns for diverse requirements
• Experience hosting containerized and serverless workloads, and managed data services (e.g. PostgreSQL)
• End-to-end system development: requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, documentation, & handover
• Experience with Git, project planning, agile workflows

Responsibilities

• Design and own the architecture of our cloud platform, including account/subscription structure, networking, identity, compute, data and observability, balancing security, reliability, cost and operational efficiency
• Build self-service capabilities (reusable IaC modules, templates, pipelines and tooling) that teams use independently
• Build security into the platform through secure network design, least-privilege access, and using security monitoring tools
• Work with engineering teams to understand their needs and turn them into the platform architecture
• Identify opportunities to enable other teams by introducing new tools or improving existing systems
• Mentor engineers and raise the platform and infrastructure skills of the wider team

Skills

Cloud architecture

Terraform

Python

TypeScript

CI/CD

Containerization

End-to-end development

Git & Agile

Tools

Kubernetes

Ansible

Git

Job description

Cambridge Aerospace is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to design and own the cloud platform architecture in AWS and/or Azure, balancing security, reliability, cost, and efficiency.

You will build reusable IaC modules, implement CI/CD pipelines, and collaborate with engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable hosting for applications. Mentoring others and driving platform improvements are key aspects of the role.