Platform Engineer (Golang/AWS)

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