Senior AWS Platform Engineer (SC Cleared)

Day Rate: £(Apply online only)/day (Inside IR35)
Contract Length: Until end of May 2026 (extension highly likely)
Location: Remote, with occasional travel to London, Manchester, Leeds or Newcastle (~2 days/month)
Clearance Required: Active SC clearance is essential

A major public sector programme is seeking multiple Senior AWS Platform Engineers to support the development of a secure, scalable cloud hosting platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and build AWS infrastructure using Terraform
• Implement secure networking (VPC, ALB, Transit Gateway, WAF)
• Support CI/CD pipeline deployments and automation
• Deploy and manage containerised workloads (ECS, Docker)
• Contribute to observability (CloudWatch, Prometheus)
• Collaborate with architects and mentor junior engineers

Essential Skills:

• Active SC clearance (mandatory)
• Strong AWS engineering experience in production environments
• Proficient in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Solid understanding of IAM, security groups, KMS, and cloud networking
• Experience with ECS or similar container platforms

Desirable:

• Knowledge of AWS Lattice or Istio
• Experience delivering within secure or public sector environments