AWS Platform Engineer

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering

Build and maintain cloud-native solutions on AWS.

Develop reusable platform components.

Implement infrastructure as code and automation.

Support deployment, configuration in Azure DevOps.

Production Support & Operations

Investigate and resolve platform incidents and production issues.

Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.

Support on-call and critical incident management activities.

Improve platform reliability, availability, and performance.

Maintain operational runbooks and support documentation.

AWS Development

Design and develop solutions using:

AWS Lambda

AWS Step Functions

AWS DynamoDB

AWS SQS

AWS SNS

AWS EventBridge

AWS S3

API Gateway

AWS RDS

AWS Redshift

AWS Kinesis

AWS Athena

KMS

CloudWatch

IAM

VPC and Networking

Python

REST APIs

Event-Driven Architecture

Webhooks

Messaging Platforms

JSON/XML Transformations

Enterprise Integration Patterns

Develop and optimise serverless applications.

Build integration patterns for APIs, events, and webhooks.

DevOps & Automation

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps.

Automate deployments, monitoring, and operational tasks.

Improve release management and deployment processes.

Implement Infrastructure as Code using CloudFormation, SAM, CDK, or Terraform.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Git

CI/CD Pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Automated Release Management

Observability & Monitoring

Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.

Build operational dashboards.

Analyse performance bottlenecks and system behaviour.

Improve operational visibility and supportability.

Legacy Platform Modernisation

Work with platform Engineers to understand legacy services.

Support migration of legacy integrations into strategic platforms.

Document existing systems and identify optimisation opportunities.

Reduce operational risk and technical debt.

Technical Leadership

Provide technical guidance to the team.

Participate in architecture reviews and design discussions.

Mentor junior and mid-level engineers.

Drive engineering best practices across the team.