Overview
We are seeking a Senior AWS Platform Engineer with active SC clearance to join a public sector organisation on a strategic programme focused on delivering and evolving a cloud-based occupancy data platform in AWS. This role requires an experienced AWS specialist to design, build, and support cloud infrastructure and integrations, collaborating with engineering teams to solve complex technical challenges over a contract that extends to May 2027.
Responsibilities
- Design, build and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure and platform services.
- Develop and support data ingestion and integration solutions.
- Build and maintain RESTful APIs and backend integration services.
- Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
- Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and associated tooling.
- Implement monitoring, logging and observability capabilities across the platform.
- Build event-driven and serverless services using AWS-native technologies.
- Troubleshoot and resolve platform, deployment and integration issues.
Requirements
- Active SC Clearance.
- Significant experience designing, building and supporting AWS platforms in production environments.
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.
- Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines, ideally with GitHub Actions.
- Strong Python development skills for automation, APIs and backend services.
- Experience developing and supporting REST APIs and integration services.
- Experience implementing event-driven and serverless solutions.
- Strong knowledge of AWS services including Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge, and Step Functions.