Senior AWS Platform Engineer

Senior AWS Platform Engineer

Permanent
Location: London (hybrid – 1 day per week onsite)
Salary: £75,000 – £90,000 (plus bonus and share options)
Industry: Consultancy
SC Eligibility Required

About the Client

Our client is a specialist cloud and platform engineering consultancy and product-led organisation that helps businesses design, build, secure, and scale modern cloud platforms. They work across both public and private sectors, partnering closely with engineering teams to improve reliability, security, and developer productivity through cloud-native and DevOps-driven approaches.

With a strong focus on platform engineering, automation, and cloud foundations, they enable organisations to deliver software faster while maintaining the right balance of governance, resilience, and operational excellence.

How you’ll spend your day

As an AWS Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll work hands-on within platform engineering engagements, designing, building, and operating secure, scalable AWS environments. You’ll collaborate closely with development teams, architects, and delivery leads to support both application and platform workloads.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Designing, building, and operating AWS platform components aligned with best practices
  
  
• Implementing and maintaining infrastructure as code using Terraform
  
  
• Building and improving CI/CD pipelines to support faster and safer delivery
  
  
• Supporting containerised workloads using Kubernetes and managed services such as EKS
  
  
• Enabling cloud-native patterns and platform adoption across application teams
  
  
• Implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting to improve operational visibility
  
  
• Creating reusable templates, modules, and deployment patterns
  
  
• Contributing to improvements in platform reliability, scalability, and security
  
  
• Supporting onboarding of new workloads and teams onto shared cloud platforms
  
  
• Sharing knowledge through code reviews, documentation, and mentoring less experienced engineers
  
  What you’ll bring to this role
  
  This role suits an experienced AWS engineer who enjoys solving complex problems, working in delivery-focused environments, and contributing directly to platform outcomes.
  
  You’ll bring:
  
  
• Strong hands-on experience designing and operating AWS platforms
  
  
• Proven experience with infrastructure as code, particularly Terraform (CloudFormation or CDK beneficial)
  
  
• Experience supporting containerised workloads using Kubernetes and EKS
  
  
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, Git-based workflows, and automation practices
  
  
• Experience working with AWS networking (VPCs, load balancing, connectivity)
  
  
• Confidence working in client-facing or consulting environments
  
  
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate across disciplines
  
  
• A pragmatic mindset focused on reliability, security, and continuous improvement
  
  Desirable:
  
  
• AWS certifications (e.g. Solutions Architect Associate, Advanced Networking – Specialty)
  
  
• Kubernetes and Terraform certifications (CKA, Terraform Associate)
  
  
• Experience delivering cloud migration, optimisation, or platform initiatives
  
  Perks & Benefits:
  
  10% Bonus
  
  10% Share Options
  
  Flexible working with core hours (10am–4pm)
  
  Hybrid model
  
  25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, plus an extra day for your birthday
  
  Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
  
  Private healthcare (with family cover options)
  
  Pension with salary sacrifice
  
  Cycle to Work and Electric Car schemes
  
  £1,000 annual learning budget
  
  Mental health support, therapy access and wellbeing resources
  
  MacBook Pro provided
  
  Dog-friendly office, casual dress, regular socials and team events
  
  What happens next?
  
  One of our Recruitment Consultants will be in touch and inform you if you’ve been successful to the next stage of the process or not, which is a qualification call where we will tell you more about the role and the client, and understand more about you, your experience and career aspirations.
  
  Should we both wish to proceed, we will submit your details to the client and be in touch regarding the outcome and any further steps.
  
  The interview process for this client consists of:
  
  

• Paired technical assessment with an Engineering team member
  
  
• Technical deep dive with Practice Leadership
  
  
• Competency-focused final interview with Engineering Leadership
  
  Equal Opportunities
  
  We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law. As an employment agency for permanent and contract hires, we are dedicated to promoting a diverse and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from underrepresented groups to drive innovation and equality within the workplace.
  
  Should you require any reasonable adjustments please let us know so we can accommodate for any interactions with us at Biometric Talent, but also inform the client to ensure reasonable adjustments are made to allow for a fair and equitable process