Job Description
Platform Engineer (Go, AWS, Terraform)
Rate: £310 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract: 6 months
Location: Hybrid - 3 days per week in London Victoria office
We're hiring for 2 Platform Engineers to support a high-profile cloud programme focused on enabling public cloud adoption at scale in a secure, compliant, and developer-friendly way. This role will be heavily involved in building CI/CD pipelines, developing Terraform modules/providers in Golang, and enabling scalable, self-service cloud infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
* Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern tooling and best practices
* Develop custom Terraform modules and providers in Golang
* Architect and maintain reference architectures and applications for cloud-native systems
* Design solutions to enable fast, compliant provisioning and reliable decommissioning of cloud resources
* Create ephemeral environments for testing and demonstrations
* Implement and support cloud cost management strategies
* Collaborate across engineering and platform teams to ensure seamless integration
* Contribute to and maintain detailed end-user documentation
Core Skills & Experience:
* 6+ years of experience in software engineering or DevOps
* Strong experience in AWS, including cloud-native design and infrastructure provisioning
* Expert in Golang for infrastructure tooling and development
* Solid background in Terraform and infrastructure-as-code best practices
* Experience with Kubernetes and Docker in production environments
* Familiar with cloud networking concepts and implementation
* Passionate about automation, documentation, and mentoring
* Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
Tech Stack & Tools:
* Languages: Go, Java
* CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitHub Enterprise
* Infrastructure: Terraform, Terraform Enterprise
* Containers: Kubernetes, Docker
* Policy-as-code: Sentinel, OPA
* Other: React (front-end), AWS, Git
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements