Platform Engineer AWS One of our global financial services clients is continuing to invest heavily in its cloud platform capability, building secure, resilient, and highly scalable environments that support mission-critical digital products used worldwide. This team is responsible for designing and operating modern cloud platforms that make it easier for engineering teams to build, deploy, and run applications at scale. The emphasis is on strong architectural standards, automation, and security embedded across the full delivery lifecycle. As an AWS Platform Engineer, youll play a key role in shaping and evolving these cloud environments. Youll work closely with application engineers, SREs, and security teams to deliver robust, well-architected platforms that meet strict availability, performance, and regulatory requirements. What youll be doing Designing and operating scalable AWS platform infrastructure to support business-critical workloads Building and maintaining infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and automation to reduce operational overhead Partnering with engineering and security teams to embed observability, compliance, and secure delivery practices Improving platform reliability by reducing toil and automating issue detection and response Championing DevSecOps principles throughout the platform lifecycle Contributing to architectures designed to withstand cloud-native failure scenarios Providing technical guidance and mentorship across platform and delivery teams Staying across emerging cloud technologies and recommending improvements where they add value What our client is looking for 7+ years experience across platform engineering, SRE, or backend engineering roles Strong hands-on experience designing and operating AWS environments in production, ideally within regulated industries Deep knowledge of AWS security, networking, IAM, and governance Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar) Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows Proficiency in a scripting or programming language (Python, Go, or Shell)