The posting
AWS Senior Platform Engineer - UK Government Security Clearance eligibility required
Internal Title: AWS Senior Consultant
Location: London, UK (Hybrid - typically ~1-2 days per month in office)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Package: £75,000 - £90,000 + 10% Bonus + 10% Shares + Benefits (see more below)
About Us
Appvia is a specialist cloud and platform engineering consultancy and product house helping organisations build, secure, and scale in the cloud. We work with public and private sector customers to design modern cloud platforms, embed strong engineering practices, and enable teams to deliver software faster and more reliably.
Our focus is on platform engineering, DevOps, automation, and cloud-native delivery, creating foundations that balance developer velocity with security, resilience, and governance.
About the Role
As an AWS Senior Platform Engineer, you will be a key contributor to Appvia’s platform engineering engagements, working hands-on to design, build, and operate secure, scalable AWS platforms.
This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, working closely with development teams, and contributing to the continuous improvement of cloud platforms and delivery pipelines. You’ll operate within multi-disciplinary teams, supporting both application and platform workloads while helping customers adopt modern DevOps and platform engineering practices.
You’ll be expected to take ownership of technical delivery within your area, contribute to solution design, and support less experienced engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing.
Interview Process - 4 Stage
- Discovery conversation with Talent Acquisition
- Paired technical assessment with an Engineering team member
- Technical deep dive with Practice Leadership
- Competency-focused final interview with Engineering Leadership
Important
As a condition of employment, all successful candidates are required to complete Appvia's standard pre-employment checks, including right-to-work verification and reference checks, and to agree to Appvia's confidentiality and data handling policies as part of their employment terms. Screening for this role is carried out in line with UK Government vetting standards and Appvia's Information Security Management System.
You must either hold active SC, or be eligible for SC:
- British Passport or ILR
- To have resided in the UK for at least the last 5 years.
- Have no criminal records.
- Have no financial irregularities.
Requirements
About You
You are a strong AWS engineer with a background in cloud-native infrastructure and DevOps, comfortable working in client-facing environments and contributing directly to delivery.
You will bring:
- Hands-on experience building and operating AWS platforms
- A solid understanding of modern CI/CD and automation practices
- Confidence collaborating with engineers, architects, and delivery leads
- A pragmatic approach to improving reliability, security, and developer experience
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate AWS-based platform components aligned to best practices.
- Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines, supporting faster and safer delivery.
- Support containerised workloads using Kubernetes and managed services such as EKS.
- Work closely with application teams to enable cloud-native patterns and platform adoption.
- Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting to improve operational visibility.
- Create reusable templates, modules, and deployment patterns.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of platform reliability, scalability, and security.
- Support onboarding of new workloads and teams onto shared cloud platforms.
- Share knowledge through code reviews, documentation, and mentoring.
Skills & Experience
AWS Platform Engineering: Strong experience designing and operating AWS environments.
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform experience essential; CloudFormation/CDK beneficial.
- Containers: Experience with Kubernetes and managed services such as EKS.
- CI/CD & DevOps: Solid understanding of Git-based workflows, pipelines, and automation.
- Networking: Experience working with AWS networking constructs (VPCs, load balancing, connectivity).
Delivery & Collaboration
- Experience delivering cloud migration, optimisation, or platform initiatives.
- Comfortable working in consulting or customer-facing roles.
- Able to communicate technical concepts clearly and collaborate across teams.
- A mindset of continuous learning and improvement.
Qualifications
Certification in relevant cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) at an associate level is highly desirable, e.g.:
- AWS Certified: Solutions Architect Associate
- AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (highly desirable)
Certification in Kubernetes and Terraform administration is desirable:
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Terraform Associate
Benefits
Why join Appvia?
We are a self-funded, London-based consultancy, growing rapidly while staying true to what got us here: a human, engineering-led culture built on trust, ownership, and getting things done.
As we scale, we’re maturing as a business and expanding into new areas across platform engineering, software, data, and AI. We’re intentional about keeping our culture at the heart of it. We operate with a flat structure, agile ways of working, and a strong focus on collaboration, where good ideas come from anywhere and people are trusted to make an impact.
We work alongside our customers to solve complex, real-world problems: modernising systems, improving delivery, and building scalable platforms that enable long-term success.
If you want to be part of a team that values people as much as technology and gives you the space to grow while working on meaningful challenges, Appvia is the place to do it.
What’s on offer?
⚖️ Work-life balance
- Flexible working hours - because we know life happens outside of work
- Hybrid working - outcomes focused working
- 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays
- An additional day off for your birthday
- Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
- Workplace Nursery Benefit to help working parents
💚 For your well-being
- Full Private Healthcare cover for you with partners and children covered 50%
- Death in Service
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Pension plus a salary sacrifice option for even greater savings
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free hygiene products available in the London office
🧠 Mental health support
- Free therapy through AXA
- Access to the Headspace App
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders
😃 Other fun perks
- Learning budget of £1,000 a year
- Your own MacBook Pro while you work at Appvia
- Dog friendly office
- Wear what makes you comfortable
- Free snacks in the office
- Pool table & ping pong table
- Regular team socials, board game nights, industry meetups and more!
But don’t just take our word for it, you can check out what our Appvians say about us on Glassdoor and by following us on LinkedIn, Twitter and TikTok.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and actively encourage, respect, and recognise diversity of thought and background throughout the business. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity, and disability status.
Note: While all roles are active and approved at the time of posting, the dynamic nature of our start-up means some applications may be processed to pipeline talent for future opportunities rather than current openings. We will strive to keep you informed of any changes to the status of your application.
