Hybrid Senior Platform Engineer – AWS

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About the role

  • AWS Senior Platform Engineer at Appvia designing and operating secure, scalable AWS platforms. Working hands-on to enable teams and improve delivery pipelines within a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and operate AWS-based platform components aligned to best practices
  • Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform
  • Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, supporting faster and safer delivery
  • Support containerised workloads using Kubernetes and managed services such as EKS
  • Work closely with application teams to enable cloud-native patterns and platform adoption
  • Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to improve operational visibility
  • Create reusable templates, modules, and deployment patterns
  • Contribute to continuous improvement of platform reliability, scalability, and security
  • Support onboarding of new workloads and teams onto shared cloud platforms
  • Share knowledge through code reviews, documentation, and mentoring

Requirements

  • Strong AWS engineer with a background in cloud-native infrastructure and DevOps
  • Hands-on experience building and operating AWS platforms
  • A solid understanding of modern CI/CD and automation practices
  • Confidence collaborating with engineers, architects, and delivery leads
  • A pragmatic approach to improving reliability, security, and developer experience
  • Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at an associate level is highly desirable, e.g.: AWS Certified: Solutions Architect Associate
  • Certification in Kubernetes and Terraform administration is desirable: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Terraform Associate

Benefits

  • Flexible working with core hours of 10-4pm
  • Hybrid working - only one compulsory office day per month
  • 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays
  • An additional day off for your birthday
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
  • Workplace Nursery Benefit to help working parents
  • Full Private Healthcare cover for you with partners and children covered 50%
  • Death in Service
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Electric Car Scheme
  • Pension plus a salary sacrifice option for even greater savings
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Free hygiene products available in the London office
  • Free therapy through AXA
  • Access to the Headspace App
  • Trained Mental Health First Aiders
  • Learning budget of £1,000 a year
  • Your own MacBook Pro while you work at Appvia
  • Dog friendly office
  • Wear what makes you comfortable
  • Free snacks in the office
  • Pool table & ping pong table
  • Regular team socials, board game nights, industry meetups and more!

Job title

Senior Platform Engineer – AWS

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£75,000 - £90,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

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