Platform Engineer - AWS - Contract Inside IR35
Posted 4 days ago by Burendo
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Platform Engineer at Burendo involves leveraging AWS technologies to enhance platform capabilities and support evolving needs. The position requires collaboration with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to develop scalable cloud solutions and infrastructure components. This is a fully remote contract role, initially for three months, with the possibility of extension. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with AWS services and a strong understanding of cloud security principles.
Key Responsibilities:
- Research and evaluate new AWS services, features, and patterns to support evolving platform needs
- Working with Senior non-technical stakeholders as well as technical stakeholders
- Develop proof-of-concepts and lightweight prototypes to validate infrastructure approaches
- Design and test scalable, secure cloud solutions, contributing to reference architectures and templates
- Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and security teams to understand use cases and shape platform capabilities
- Build reusable infrastructure components using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities in the platform through testing and exploration
- Create documentation and knowledge-sharing resources to guide future adoption and implementation
Key Skills:
- Solid hands-on experience with AWS core services (e.g., VPC, IAM, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- Strong curiosity around emerging cloud technologies and the ability to quickly ramp up on new services
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD workflows
- Proficient in scripting or automation (e.g., Python, Bash)
- A thoughtful, test-and-learn approach to infrastructure — not afraid to try, fail, and iterate
- Good understanding of cloud security principles and cost optimization
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills; comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Experience running experiments or POCs for infrastructure or platform tools (nice to have)
- Exposure to Kubernetes (EKS) and container-based platforms (nice to have)
- Familiarity with platform engineering principles (e.g., golden paths, self-service tooling) (nice to have)
- Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus) (nice to have)
- AWS certifications are a plus but not required
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Leeds
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We're an award-winning consultancy known for delivering exceptional products and services through technology. We work closely with organisations to help them accelerate value delivery and create outstanding customer experiences. Our purpose is simple: to empower organisations to make a real difference for people, society, and the planet through technology that's efficient, user-friendly, and solves problems fast. At Burendo, we believe that together, we can achieve incredible things. As we grow we're looking to hire an experienced Platform Engineer on a contract basis Inside IR35 to join our growing team. The role is fully remote and will be for an initial 3 month period, although this could get extended.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Research and evaluate new AWS services, features, and patterns to support evolving platform needs
- Working with Senior non technical stakeholders as well as technical stakeholders
- Develop proof-of-concepts and lightweight prototypes to validate infrastructure approaches
- Design and test scalable, secure cloud solutions, contributing to reference architectures and templates
- Collaborate with developers, DevOps, and security teams to understand use cases and shape platform capabilities
- Build reusable infrastructure components using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
- Identify gaps, risks, and opportunities in the platform through testing and exploration
- Create documentation and knowledge-sharing resources to guide future adoption and implementation
What We're Looking For
- Solid hands-on experience with AWS core services (e.g., VPC, IAM, EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch)
- Strong curiosity around emerging cloud technologies and the ability to quickly ramp up on new services
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CloudFormation) and CI/CD workflows
- Proficient in scripting or automation (e.g., Python, Bash)
- A thoughtful, test-and-learn approach to infrastructure — not afraid to try, fail, and iterate
- Good understanding of cloud security principles and cost optimization
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills; comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Nice to Have
- Experience running experiments or POCs for infrastructure or platform tools
- Exposure to Kubernetes (EKS) and container-based platforms
- Familiarity with platform engineering principles (e.g., golden paths, self-service tooling)
- Knowledge of observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus)
- AWS certifications are a plus but not required
Benefits
- Competitive rate - Contract Inside IR35
- Remote Working
- Supportive consultancy environment
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