AWS Platform Engineer - 6 Months - up to £600/day Outside IR35

Job Title: AWS Platform Engineer (Contract)Location: Remote / UK-based (occasional travel may be required)Contract Length: 6 months + ExtDay Rate: £500-£600 per day (Outside IR35)Start Date: ASAPOverviewA leading organisation are undergoing a large-scale digital transformation and are seeking a highly skilled AWS Platform Engineer to join their DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure team on a contract basis. This is a strategic appointment aimed at driving forward the organisation's cloud platform capability, ensuring robust, scalable and secure services that support critical business operations.

Key Responsibilities – AWS Platform Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines for high-availability cloud-based solutions.
• Manage cloud resources within AWS, ensuring optimal performance, cost-efficiency and compliance.
• Collaborate with software engineering, architecture and security teams to implement scalable cloud-native solutions.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimise platform performance and availability using AWS-native tools and observability platforms.
• Contribute to platform reliability, automation and DevOps best practices within an Agile environment.

Essential Skills and Experience – AWS Platform Engineer

• Strong commercial experience designing and supporting production platforms on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Hands-on experience with IaC tools, ideally Terraform (or CloudFormation).
• Expertise in CI/CD tooling, such as GitLab CI, Jenkins or AWS CodePipeline.
• Proficient in scripting or automation (e.g. Python, Bash or PowerShell).
• Knowledge of containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker, ECS, EKS) and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g. CloudWatch, ELK, Prometheus/Grafana).
• Solid understanding of security best practices and compliance within cloud environments.

Desirable Skills – AWS Platform Engineer

• AWS certifications (e.g. AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Solutions Architect)
• Previous experience working on large-scale enterprise platforms
• Exposure to serverless technologies (e.g. Lambda, API Gateway)

Why Apply?

• Outside IR35 engagement
• Opportunity to shape cloud and platform engineering practices in a dynamic environment
• Work alongside experienced professionals on a cutting-edge transformation programme

To express your interest in the AWS Platform Engineer, please submit your CV today.