Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - Remote, AWS, IaC Lead

Jagex: The RuneScape Company; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Healthcare

Annual bonus

Pension contributions

Life Insurance

Enhanced family leave

Flexible working hours

25 days annual leave

Job summary

Jagex: The RuneScape Company is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to own our cloud infrastructure. You will lead the AWS migration, shape architecture, and advance our hybrid platform for RuneScape titles, including on‑prem to cloud transitions, while mentoring engineers and guiding reliability across live environments.

You will work with the Cloud Platform team to implement best practices, participate in on‑call rotations, and contribute to a broad, evolving remit.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux and AWS experience including IAM, EKS, ECS, CloudWAN, and Direct Connect.
• Proven IaC experience with deployed projects.
• Networking knowledge with VyOS, Palo Alto, and Arista.
• CI/CD and DevOps mindset to build reliable delivery infrastructure.
• Experience with on‑premises and hybrid interconnects; Puppet is a plus.
• Kubernetes experience; gaming/creative tech background a plus; curiosity to learn.

Responsibilities

• Lead and actively contribute to cloud migration, including lift‑and‑shift to AWS.
• Collaborate with team to design infrastructure to in‑house standards.
• Apply IaC across legacy and new cloud deployments, reducing debt and improving reliability.
• Provide critical support for game servers, web servers, and backend infra in live environments.
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers and grow cloud capability.
• Participate in on‑call rota (1 week in 5) to support production systems.

Skills

Linux

AWS

IaC

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Networking

DevOps

Hybrid cloud

Tools

VyOS

Palo Alto

Arista

Puppet

Job description

Jagex: The RuneScape Company is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to own our cloud infrastructure. You will lead the AWS migration, shape architecture, and advance our hybrid platform for RuneScape titles, including on‑prem to cloud transitions, while mentoring engineers and guiding reliability across live environments.

You will work with the Cloud Platform team to implement best practices, participate in on‑call rotations, and contribute to a broad, evolving remit.