Senior Platform Engineer (AWS/Kong Konnect)

About the Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join a high-performing technology team responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable, and reliable cloud platform solutions. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing AWS-based infrastructure, implementing automation and CI/CD pipelines, supporting API platform services, and driving engineering best practices across the organisation. This role requires close collaboration with development, infrastructure, architecture, and product teams to deliver robust platform solutions and improve software delivery processes. Clearance: Must have active Security Clearance. Key Responsibilities Design, build, maintain, and optimise cloud-based platform solutions within AWS environments. Monitor, manage, and enhance platform reliability, performance, and security. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation and/or Terraform. Build and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Support application deployments and operational activities across multiple environments. Work closely with development and infrastructure teams to understand requirements and implement scalable solutions. Contribute engineering expertise to architecture and strategy discussions. Document platform procedures, standards, and operational processes. Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, deployment, networking, and application issues. Drive automation initiatives to ..... full job details .....