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AWS Engineer

Date Posted: Feb 4, 2026

Job #1685767
Contract
400 - 500 per day (GBP)

Contract Length: 3 months initially

Location: Remote

We're working with a well-funded, venture-backed technology business building cloud platforms used by banks and regulated financial institutions. They're looking for a Senior AWS / Platform Engineer to help design, scale, and secure a production-grade cloud environment that enables teams to move fast without compromising on security or compliance.

What you'll be doing

  • Designing and operating a secure, scalable AWS platform used in regulated environments

  • Leading infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

  • Building and improving CI/CD pipelines to enable frequent, safe deployments

  • Enabling self-service environments for engineering teams

  • Implementing security-first and zero-trust principles

  • Supporting zero-downtime deployments across services

  • Working closely with engineers, product, and leadership to set platform standards

What we're looking for

  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS in production environments

  • Background in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE

  • Solid experience with:

    • Terraform / Infrastructure as Code

    • Kubernetes, ECS, or containerised workloads

    • CI/CD tooling (GitHub-based or similar)

  • Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, and compliance concepts

  • Experience working in regulated, high-trust, or enterprise-facing environments is a big plus

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