AWS Platform Engineer - Belfast

Role: AWS Platform Engineer, Technology & Transformation

Location: Hybrid, Belfast

Start Date: ASAP for 6 months initially

Daily Rate: Inside IR35: £550 - £650 per day

The following are the core skills and experience expected to be successful in this role:

• Solid and demonstrable experience in IT infrastructure and cloud engineering or architecture, with a deep working knowledge of compute, storage, networking, and cloud management principles applied in professional delivery contexts.
• A track record of designing, building, and maintaining cloud-based platforms and infrastructure, with a focus on AWS.
• Hands on experience with AWS, including practical delivery across core services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, Amazon S3, Amazon VPC, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Lambda, and AWS App Runner or AWS Fargate.
• Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform (including AWS), AWS CloudFormation, or the AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK).
• Background in CI/CD pipeline design and automation using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, or similar.
• Understanding of networking, security, and identity management in cloud environments, including AWS-specific best practices.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (eg, Prometheus, Grafana, the ELK stack, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS X-Ray).
• Experience with version control systems (eg, Git) and Scripting languages (eg, Python, Bash, Go).
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimise workloads for performance, cost, and reliability on AWS.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate or AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate certification, or active progress towards it, demonstrating a commitment to maintaining current and validated technical expertise.

The following will be desirable skills:

• Professional or specialty level AWS certification, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional or AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate, reflecting depth of technical knowledge across complex platform domains.
• Knowledge of site reliability engineering (SRE) principles and practices.
• Relevant AWS certifications (eg, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Certified AI Practitioner, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, or AWS Certified Security - Specialty) are a plus.
• Hands on experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling, particularly Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK, and a substantial appreciation for repeatable, version-controlled, and auditable provisioning practices.
• Familiarity with hybrid and multi-cloud architecture, including experience integrating on-premises environments with AWS.
• Working knowledge of AI and ML services on AWS, with a clear understanding of how platforms such as Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Q Business can be positioned to drive measurable client outcomes.
• Experience with AWS billing, cost management, and optimisation, including services such as AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets, and AWS Cost and Usage Reports.
• Exposure to data engineering or analytics workloads on AWS, such as AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SNS, or Amazon SQS, with an ability to contribute meaningfully to data-driven client programmes alongside specialist data teams.
• Have SC Clearance or eligibility to gain SC clearance.

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Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.

Should the role require the successful candidate to undergo and be eligible for UK Security Vetting. Clearance sponsorship will be provided where required. Due to the nature of the work, candidates should meet the relevant residency requirements. If applicable, Reserved Post nationality restrictions will be confirmed by the client. Damia is committed to inclusive recruitment and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.

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