About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: Strong Linux administration experience in RedHat environmentsKnowledge of RPMs, SELinux, filesystems, user/group management, and system administrationExperience with Ansible automationStrong Git knowledge including GitHub, GitHub Actions CI, repositories, branching, merge requests, and code reviewsSound understanding of networking concepts including IP addressing, CIDRs, TCP/IP, and TLS certificatesExperience supporting Java applications, JVMs, and process managementNginx administration, particularly as a reverse proxyPerformance tuning and capacity management across CPU, memory, and storageExperience with OpenVPN and SSH client/server configurationsManagement of EC2 instances, Auto Scaling Groups, Load Balancers, and Target GroupsStrong IAM experience including roles, policies, instance profiles, and permissions managementExperience managing multi-account AWS environments and role assumptionAWS Secrets Manager administrationAWS Systems Manager experienceInfrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or OpenTofuAWS networking including VPC Peering and routingExposure to AWS Organisations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)Ability to implement security controls across all layers of a technology stackUnderstanding of risk-based security approaches and appropriate security practicesExperience collaborating with Security teams to meet project and compliance requirementsActive SC Clearance mandatory Responsibilities: We will maintain and optimise AWS infrastructureWe will support Linux-based systemsWe will implement automationWe will work closely with security and project stakeholdersWe will deliver resilient and secure platform servicesWe will manage and support secure cloud-based platforms within a highly governed environment Technologies: AWSAnsibleCloudEC2GitGitHubIAMSupportJavaLinuxNginxSecurityTCP/IPTerraformConfluenceDevOpsServiceNowSharePoint More:
We are seeking an experienced Platform AWS Engineer to join a large-scale public sector programme. This is a hybrid role with occasional travel to London, offering a competitive day rate of £492 per day (Umbrella) and an opportunity to work within an interesting public sector transformation programme. We provide exposure to complex AWS cloud environments and a collaborative, technically focused team environment.
last updated 29 week of 2026