Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer | AWS | EKS | Terraform | ArgoCD Hands on platform engineering role within a scaling fintech Remote | UK based applicants only with the correct right to work Our client builds a data platform used by financial services firms to process and act on time sensitive market information at speed. The business is growing, engineering is scaling, and there is still plenty of opportunity to influence how the platform evolves. We're looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join a small, experienced engineering team and take genuine ownership across their AWS platform. This is first and foremost a hands on platform engineering role. You'll work across AWS, EKS, Terraform, ArgoCD, GitOps and CI/CD, helping build, operate and improve the infrastructure behind a modern financial technology platform. Security is embedded into the role rather than sitting separately from it. You don't need to be a dedicated Security Engineer, but you should understand how to build and operate secure cloud infrastructure and be comfortable turning security findings and requirements into practical engineering solutions. This is a genuinely broad position within a small team. They need someone who can understand a problem, work out what needs doing and implement it, rather than operating within a narrow silo. What you'll be doing Owning and improving production infrastructure across AWSBuilding, operating and improving Kubernetes environments, including EKSDeveloping infrastructure as code using TerraformBuilding and improving GitOps and CI/CD workflows using ArgoCDTroubleshooting platform and infrastructure issues across production environmentsWorking across cloud security hardening, IAM, least privilege and access controlsImproving security across pipelines, containers and cloud infrastructureWorking with Wiz and the wider team to understand cloud security findings and turn them into practical remediationWorking closely with software engineering and security to solve problems across traditional team boundariesHelping shape platform engineering practices as the engineering organisation continues to scale What we're looking for Strong hands on AWS experience within production environmentsStrong production Kubernetes experience, with recent EKS exposureDeep hands on Terraform and infrastructure as code experienceGenuine professional experience with ArgoCD and GitOpsA practical understanding of cloud and infrastructure security, including IAM, least privilege, vulnerability management and container securityExperience scripting or building tooling in Python, Go or similarSomeone comfortable working as a senior individual contributor within a small engineering team Nice to have A software engineering background alongside your platform experienceExperience with Wiz or another CNAPP or CSPM platform Salary: Up to £85,000 + 20% bonus and benefits Interested? Please apply and I'll share more context on the business and the role.