• 10/07/26
• East Midlands, Nottingham
• Market Rate
• Contract
• Analytics, Data, AI and ML
• Full time

Senior AWS Platform Engineer / Data Platform Engineer

East Midlands Midlands / Hybrid Working (1x a month)

Market Rate Salary or Day Rate Available

Candidates must be available to start within the next 2–3 weeks

I'm currently working with an established UK technology business that is investing heavily in its Analytics, Data and AI capabilities and is looking to hire a Senior AWS Platform Engineer to help shape and operate its next-generation cloud platform.

This is a high-impact opportunity for someone who enjoys platform ownership and wants to influence how cloud infrastructure, governance, security and operational excellence are delivered across a modern AWS environment.

You'll be involved in:

• Owning and developing cloud platform capabilities within AWS
• Designing secure, scalable and governed cloud environments
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or AWS CDK
• Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Platform observability, monitoring and operational excellence
• Security, IAM, access controls and governance frameworks
• Cost optimisation and cloud efficiency initiatives
• Supporting Analytics, Data and AI teams through a robust cloud platform

We're keen to speak with people who have experience with:

• AWS
• Terraform and/or AWS CDK
• AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Landing Zones or multi-account environments
• CI/CD and automation
• Platform Engineering, DevOps or Cloud Engineering
• Monitoring and observability tooling
• Cloud security and governance

Nice to have:

• Experience supporting analytics, data or AI platforms
• Exposure to Databricks, Redshift, Airflow or Lakehouse technologies
• Experience working in regulated environments

Important:

This opportunity is moving quickly and we're specifically looking to speak with individuals who are available to start within the next 2–3 weeks, whether coming from a contract, FTC or immediately available position.