Senior AWS Platform Engineer (SC Cleared)

Description

Day Rate: £(Apply online only)/day (Inside IR35)

Contract Length: Until end of May 2026 (extension highly likely)

Location: Remote, with occasional travel to London, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle (~2 days/month)

Clearance Required: Active SC clearance is essential

A major public sector programme is seeking multiple Senior AWS Platform Engineers to support the development of a secure, scalable cloud hosting platform.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and build AWS infrastructure using Terraform

Implement secure networking (VPC, ALB, Transit Gateway, WAF)

Support CI/CD pipeline deployments and automation

Deploy and manage containerised workloads (ECS, Docker)

Contribute to observability (CloudWatch, Prometheus)

Collaborate with architects and mentor junior engineersEssential Skills:

Active SC clearance (mandatory)

Strong AWS engineering experience in production environments xjnqpsq

Proficient in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code

Solid understanding of IAM, security groups, KMS, and cloud networking

Experience with ECS or similar container platformsDesirable:

Knowledge of AWS Lattice or Istio

Experience delivering within secure or public sector environments

Ad ID: 5417843345