Cloud Platform Engineer (Contract)
Summary
Designs and builds scalable, secure AWS cloud infrastructure using automation and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to enable internal teams and customers to adopt cloud best practices efficiently.
As a Senior AWS Cloud Platform Engineer within the Cloud Platform Engineering (CPE) team, you will play a pivotal role in designing and delivering infrastructure products that enable scalable, secure, and efficient cloud operations. These products are built to empower internal teams and customers by abstracting complexity, accelerating cloud adoption, and embedding best practices into reusable, self-service solutions. You will collaborate across the AWS Centre of Excellence (CoE) to drive platform engineering excellence and deliver tangible value through automation and innovation.
- Role and Functions
You will act as a senior technical contributor and mentor, responsible for:
- Leading the design and implementation of AWS infrastructure solutions.
- Driving automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
- Supporting the development and operations lifecycle with a DevOps mindset.
- Applying software engineering principles to platform development.
- Collaborating with product teams to ensure platform alignment with business goals.
- Contributing to the evolution of the CPE team’s technical strategy and delivery model.
- Main Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure automation products that enable secure, scalable, and efficient AWS platform capabilities.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, CodePipeline.
- Implement and manage IaC using Terraform.
- Apply software engineering best practices to infrastructure and platform code.
- Design and implement automated testing strategies for infrastructure and platform components.
- Ensure security, compliance, and governance across AWS environments.
- Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure for performance, reliability, and cost.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to internal knowledge sharing.