Cloud/AWS Platform Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by E-Solutions
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Cloud/AWS Platform Engineer is responsible for maintaining and enhancing AWS cloud infrastructure to support 24/7 banking operations, ensuring stability, performance, security, and compliance. The role involves designing automation scripts, managing vendor relationships, and improving the developer experience. Additionally, the engineer will participate in on-call rotations to support platform reliability. This position requires a strong understanding of AWS and related technologies, along with a commitment to DevOps principles.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and improve AWS cloud infrastructure for 24/7 bank operations, focusing on stability, performance, security, and compliance.
- Enhance connectivity between AWS accounts, client, and third parties to ensure secure and reliable customer experiences.
- Design and create automation scripts and tooling using Bash, Python, or Go.
- Build and support cloud platforms for application developers, improving SDLC and developer experience.
- Manage vendor relationships and coordinate project efforts across business areas.
- Participate in on-call rotation to support platform reliability.
Key Skills:
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience.
- Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform).
- Understanding of AWS networking concepts.
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes cluster operations (EKS).
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio).
- Experience configuring and managing reverse proxies (Traefik, NGINX, HAProxy).
- Proficiency in Go programming language.
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ICMP, VPN).
- Familiarity with network monitoring and diagnostic tools.
- Commitment to DevOps principles and SDLC best practices.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London Area
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain and improve AWS cloud infrastructure for 24/7 bank operations, focusing on stability, performance, security, and compliance
- Enhance connectivity between AWS accounts, client, and third parties to ensure secure and reliable customer experiences
- Design and create automation scripts and tooling using Bash, Python, or Go
- Build and support cloud platforms for application developers, improving SDLC and developer experience
- Manage vendor relationships and coordinate project efforts across business areas
- Participate in on-call rotation to support platform reliability
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills:
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and advanced applied experience
- Hands-on experience with AWS and infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- Understanding of AWS networking concepts
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes cluster operations (EKS)
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio)
- Experience configuring and managing reverse proxies (Traefik, NGINX, HAProxy)
- Proficiency in Go programming language
- Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ICMP, VPN)
- Familiarity with network monitoring and diagnostic tools
- Commitment to DevOps principles and SDLC best practices