Lead AWS Platform Engineer

We are thought leaders and our Lead Engineers work closely with customer teams, so you need to be opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation and the experience and knowledge to define the technical direction and strategy of teams and systems.

What you'll be doing

You will be working closely with our customers' key stakeholders, leading them through complex cloud transformations, using your experience and expertise to deliver best-in-class AWS platforms.

• Designing complex multi-tenant systems aligned to best practice


• Building, testing, packaging, deploying and operating AWS landing zones


• Automating the build of complex AWS Services and Cloud Platforms with IaC


• Packaging services into AMIs, Docker containers or Serverless deployments


• Championing infrastructure as code and opinionated about IaC structure and modularisation


• Scoping container/microservices to design Cloud solutions


• Utilising deployment techniques to enable zero downtime


• Mitigating security risks in AWS and supporting a mature Cloud Security Model


Why you should join us

We care about our people and truly believe that high-performing teams are created through openness, collaboration and trust. We ensure that there are opportunities both inside and outside of work to collaborate, share ideas and build connections.

We hold quarterly company days and monthly virtual "town halls" to share company news and share ideas and suggestions. We recognise that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, so these are opportunities for us to collaborate across all teams and functions, to build a truly inclusive culture. We also hold monthly social events for everyone to get to know each other outside of work.

Recognising that everyone brings their own unique skills and experiences, our learning and development opportunities are bespoke to each individual. You can choose whichever learning through whichever vehicle works for you, to advance through our transparent career development pathways.

We are looking for Lead AWS Platform Engineers with extensive landing zone knowledge and site reliability best practice. For us, this means experience of designing, building and operating enterprise-scale landing zones within AWS. It also means you need to be able to automate the build of complex AWS services and platforms using Terraform.

Cloudscaler are specialists in large-scale AWS platforms and modern engineering practices, working with private and public sector organisations who want to innovate, motivate, and deliver at scale.

We are experts in AWS landing zones, cloud risk mitigation and cloud operating models. We are thought leaders working with public and private sector enterprise organisations to help them to unlock the true value of cloud.

We look for innovators, people who love to be creative and those who bring change to Cloudscaler as we believe that the more diverse, motivated, and empowered our teams are, the better the solutions are that we deliver.


• Discretionary bonus scheme


• 25 days' annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering


• Travel and accommodation expensed


• Life Assurance


• Long Term Disability cover


• Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)


• Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support


• 24/7 GP access


• £500 for home office equipment


• Public holiday opt-out scheme giving you the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you


• Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered


• Recruitment referral scheme - referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire


• Customer referral scheme - referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer


• Cycle To Work Scheme