Platform Engineer (Contract)
Outside IR35 | £500/day | Remote UK | 6 months+
Bright Purple are partnering with a global client to hire a Platform Engineer for a high-impact infrastructure improvement programme.
You’ll help assess and align an AWS platform with internal policies, and lead a critical CI/CD migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions.
🔹 Responsibilities:
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Conduct platform risk assessment: IAM, SSL expiry, EC2 security groups, backups, monitoring
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Improve availability across RDS, EC2, Lambda, CloudFront, API Gateway
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Migrate CI/CD pipelines to GitHub Actions
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Support applications into tools like Sentry, Dependency Track, Bug Bounty, DAST
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Define cross-region DR plans using Terraform CDK
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Collaborate with dev teams on Java-based apps and AWS operational support
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Triage infrastructure alerts and contribute to platform reliability
✅ Essential Skills:
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3+ years of AWS experience (EC2, Lambda, CloudFront, S3, ACM, ECS, CloudWatch)
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Solid CI/CD knowledge – hands-on migration between Azure DevOps & GitHub Actions
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Strong Infrastructure-as-Code: Terraform / CDK / CloudFormation
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Familiarity with Java applications (e.g. adding Sentry SDKs)
➕ Bonus:
Start ASAP | Outside IR35 | Fully Remote (UK)
Apply now