At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a team to modernise cloud platforms using AWS and Kubernetes.
- Company: Dynamic tech company focused on cloud innovation in London.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hands-on experience, and a chance to work with cutting-edge technology.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity for career growth in a collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by building scalable cloud solutions and enhancing platform reliability.
- Qualifications: 6+ years in Platform Engineering, strong AWS and Kubernetes skills required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
- Work Model: On-site
- Contract Duration: 6 Months
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer with strong experience in AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and platform automation to join our client’s on-site team in London on a 6-month contract.
This engagement focuses on modernising an enterprise cloud platform by migrating existing workloads to Amazon EKS, standardising Infrastructure as Code, implementing Git Ops practices, and improving platform reliability.
The successful contractor will work closely with Platform Engineers, Software Engineers, and Security teams to deliver a production‑ready cloud platform that will remain the foundation of the client’s engineering environment.
- Project Objectives
- Deliver a production-ready Kubernetes platform on AWS
- Standardise Infrastructure as Code across all environments
- Build enterprise CI/CD pipelines and Git Ops workflows
- Improve platform observability and operational resilience
- Reduce deployment time through automation
- Deliver complete operational documentation and knowledge transfer
- What You’ll Do
- AWS Platform Engineering
- Design, build and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure supporting production applications
- Configure Amazon EKS clusters for highly available workloads
- Design AWS networking including VPCs, Private/Public Subnets, Route 53, NAT Gateways, Application Load Balancers and IAM policies
- Implement Auto Scaling strategies and optimise cloud resource utilisation
- Support secure multi-account AWS environments following AWS Well-Architected Framework principles
- Kubernetes & Container Platform
- Deploy and administer production Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS
- Manage namespaces, RBAC, Network Policies, Ingress Controllers and Storage Classes
- Build and maintain Helm charts for application deployments
- Optimise cluster performance and workload scheduling
- Support container lifecycle management using Docker
- Infrastructure Automation
- Develop reusable Terraform modules for infrastructure provisioning
- Build Git Ops deployment workflows using Argo CD
- Automate provisioning of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes resources
- Maintain infrastructure consistency across development, staging and production environments
- CI/CD & Release Engineering
- Build enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Git Hub Actions
- Automate build, testing, security scanning and deployments
- Implement deployment strategies including Canary and Blue/Green releases
- Improve software delivery through automation and standardisation
- Monitoring & Reliability
- Implement monitoring using Amazon Cloud Watch, Prometheus and Grafana
- Configure centralized logging using the ELK Stack
- Define SLIs, SLOs and operational dashboards
- Support incident response and root cause analysis
- What We’re Looking For
- Required Skills & Experience
- 6+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Dev Ops
• Strong hands‑on experience with AWS including
- Amazon EKS
- IAM
- VPC
- Route 53
- Application Load Balancer
- Cloud Watch
- Auto Scaling
- Strong Kubernetes administration experience
- Docker containerisation
- Terraform
- Git Hub Actions
- Argo CD
- Helm
- Linux administration
- Bash and Python scripting
- Prometheus and Grafana
- Excellent English communication skills
- Nice to Have
- AWS Systems Manager
- AWS Lambda
- Hashi Corp Vault
- Istio or Linkerd
- Karpenter
- AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer Professional
- Project Deliverables
- Production-ready Amazon EKS platform
- Terraform Infrastructure‑as‑Code repository
- Git Hub Actions CI/CD pipelines
- Argo CD Git Ops deployment model
- Platform monitoring dashboards
- Operational runbooks
- Knowledge transfer to internal engineering teams
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Senior Platform Engineer – AWS Cloud Modernisation (Contract – 6 Months) in London employer: Talenzon
Join a dynamic and innovative team in London as a Senior Platform Engineer, where you'll play a pivotal role in modernising cloud infrastructure. Our company fosters a collaborative work culture that prioritises employee growth through hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies like AWS and Kubernetes. Enjoy the unique advantage of working on-site in one of the world's most vibrant cities, with opportunities to enhance your skills while contributing to impactful projects.
