Principal Platform Engineer

Your team This role is part of our Platform Engineering team -- they are responsible for building the cloud and containers platform landscape to support the business applications via self-service capabilities and automation. Your role in the Teams Success The Principal Platform Engineer is a hands-on technical leader responsible for defining, building, evolving, and governing cloud platform architecture and infrastructure to ensure it is secure, scalable, reliable, and cost-effective. This role sets the technical direction and standards for cloud platforms across public and private cloud, working closely with engineering, security, and FinOps teams to embed best practices into platform design and delivery. The Principal Cloud Engineer acts as a hands-on expert and thought leader, influencing complex technical decisions, reducing platform risk, and enabling engineering teams to build and operate services with confidence, speed, and financial discipline. What youll do Design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, developing IaC solutions using Terraform and leading cloud technology evaluation and standardisation initiatives Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, establishing DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation Architect and manage Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) and implement platform engineering tools to deliver self-service capabilities via an IDP (e.g. Backstage) Define and enforce monitoring, alerting, and observability standards to ensure infrastructure reliability and performance Foster collaboration between development and operations teams, bridging gaps to drive a unified engineering culture Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, writing and maintaining documentation to support knowledge sharing What youll need for this role Key Qualification Requirements: Overall Experience: 8+ years Cloud Infrastructure & Experience: 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience designing and administering complex platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including deep knowledge of networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, BGP, OSPF) and IaaS/PaaS architectural patterns Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation: 2+ years with IaC tools (Terraform or Ansible) and hands-on experience with orchestration and automation platforms (AWX, Ansible Tower, Terragrunt), scripting in Python, Bash, or Go DevOps & DevSecOps: 2+ years designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or equivalent, with strong knowledge of security best practices including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance Kubernetes & Containers : 2+ years of Kubernetes administration across on-premises and cloud environments (EKS preferred, AKS, GKE), with proficiency in networking, RBAC, pod security, service mesh (Istio), and Docker image management Platform Engineering & Developer Tooling: Experience implementing developer portals (Backstage), artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus), API gateways, and self-service platform engineering tools to support internal teams Observability & Reliability: Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana), including defining alerting standards and ensuring infrastructure reliability at scale Architecture & Design: Strong grasp of microservices architecture, cloud networking protocols (Layer 2/3, MPLS), DNS, load balancing, and traffic management, with the ability to independently influence technical direction Version Control & Collaboration : Proficiency across version control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) with the ability to operate autonomously and drive engineering standards across teams Disclaimer : This job posting has been aggregated from external source. Role details, content, and availability are subject to change. Applicants are advised to confirm the latest information directly on the company website before applying.