We are seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer Lead with deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Infrastructure as Code, and cloud operations to help manage, support, and continuously improve our cloud-based Manufacturing Execution System (MES) environments.

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining highly available, secure, and scalable AWS infrastructure while driving operational excellence across production and non-production environments.

Responsibilities

AWS & Kubernetes Platform Management

- Investigate and resolve infrastructure issues across AWS-hosted environments.
- Support and maintain Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, networking, security groups, EFS, Kafka, and containerized applications.
- Perform root cause analysis of platform incidents and validate solutions through testing and monitoring.
- Drive platform stability, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Implement and manage infrastructure changes using Terraform and automated deployment pipelines.
- Maintain AWS services including ECR repositories, IAM policies, and deployment configurations.
- Identify and mitigate platform risks related to AWS architecture, service limits, security, and operational resilience.
- Support cloud-native deployment practices and infrastructure automation.

Monitoring & Operational Excellence

- Develop and maintain dashboards, health checks, monitoring solutions, and operational documentation.
- Leverage CloudWatch, CloudTrail, K9s, and platform telemetry to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Support both production and non-production environments through effective monitoring and operational support.
- Contribute to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and incident management processes.

Technical Leadership & Knowledge Sharing

- Mentor engineers and support teams through troubleshooting, incident investigations, and best practices.
- Facilitate technical workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Document platform architecture, support procedures, and operational standards.
- Provide expert guidance on AWS architecture, deployment strategies, and cloud operations.

Required skills

- Proven experience supporting AWS cloud environments in enterprise-scale environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS)



and containerized workloads.
- Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of AWS services including IAM, ECR, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, VPC networking, and security controls.
- Experience supporting distributed systems, Kafka, EFS, and cloud-native architectures.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident management skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
- A passion for automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

For more information please contact Ralph on

- 6 month contract +
- Immediate interview and start

We are seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer Lead with deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes (EKS), Infrastructure as Code, and cloud operations to help manage, support, and continuously improve our cloud-based Manufacturing Execution System (MES) environments.

In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining highly available, secure, and scalable AWS infrastructure while driving operational excellence across production and non-production environments.

Responsibilities

AWS & Kubernetes Platform Management

- Investigate and resolve infrastructure issues across AWS-hosted environments.
- Support and maintain Kubernetes (EKS) clusters, networking, security groups, EFS, Kafka, and containerized applications.
- Perform root cause analysis of platform incidents and validate solutions through testing and monitoring.
- Drive platform stability, reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Implement and manage infrastructure changes using Terraform and automated deployment pipelines.
- Maintain AWS services including ECR repositories, IAM policies, and deployment configurations.
- Identify and mitigate platform risks related to AWS architecture, service limits, security, and operational resilience.




- Support cloud-native deployment practices and infrastructure automation.

Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD

- Implement and manage infrastructure changes using Terraform and automated deployment pipelines.
- Maintain AWS services including ECR repositories, IAM policies, and deployment configurations.
- Identify and mitigate platform risks related to AWS architecture, service limits, security, and operational resilience.
- Support cloud-native deployment practices and infrastructure automation.

Monitoring & Operational Excellence

- Develop and maintain dashboards, health checks, monitoring solutions, and operational documentation.
- Leverage CloudWatch, CloudTrail, K9s, and platform telemetry to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Support both production and non-production environments through effective monitoring and operational support.
- Contribute to standard operating procedures (SOPs) and incident management processes.

Technical Leadership & Knowledge Sharing

- Mentor engineers and support teams through troubleshooting, incident investigations, and best practices.
- Facilitate technical workshops and knowledge-sharing sessions.
- Document platform architecture, support procedures, and operational standards.
- Provide expert guidance on AWS architecture, deployment strategies, and cloud operations.

Required skills

- Proven experience supporting AWS cloud environments in enterprise-scale environments.
- Robust hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) and containerized workloads.
- Experience with Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of AWS services including IAM, ECR, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, VPC networking, and security controls.
- Experience supporting distributed systems, Kafka, EFS, and cloud-native architectures.
- Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and incident management skills.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical and business teams.
- A passion for automation, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.

For more information please contact Ralph on

- 6 month contract +
- Immediate interview and start

Desired Skills and Experience

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