BAE Systems
Cloud Platform Engineer
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Job Title: Cloud Platform Engineer
Location: Leeds, London or Gloucester
Some additional travel will be required in line with business needs
We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements – please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role
What You’ll Be Doing
The AI Platform Engineer plays a critical role in maintaining and improving DI AWS environments and the associated AI tools.
- Design, implement, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Build and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available cloud platforms and landing zones.
- Automate deployment pipelines and operational processes using CI/CD tools and scripting languages.
- Monitor cloud environments for performance, availability, security, and cost optimisation.
- Manage networking, IAM policies, security groups, VPCs, and cloud governance controls.
- Support containerised and serverless workloads using technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), and AWS Lambda.
- Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to deliver cloud-native solutions.
- Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues across development, test, and production environments.
- Implement backup, disaster recovery, and business continuity solutions.
- Ensure compliance with security standards, best practices, and organisational policies.
- Evaluate new AWS services and recommend platform improvements and innovations.
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Your Skills And Experiences
- Strong experience of working within an IT Service/Support function.
- Knowledge of IT technologies, including PowerShell scripting, VBA scripting, TCP/IP networking
- Experience of working with 3rd Party IT service suppliers and partners.
- Experience of working within large, matrixed organisations.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts and technologies to multiple stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement innovative solutions.
- Draws upon past or previous experience and makes judgements to resolve problems for scenarios that may not be covered by standard procedures.
- Applies subject matter knowledge to local problems or issues.
- History of making evaluative judgments of both factual and qualitative information drawn from a variety of sources.
Benefits
As well as a competitive pension scheme, BAE also offers employee share plans, an extensive range of flexible discounted health, wellbeing & lifestyle benefits, including a green car scheme, private health plans and shopping discounts – you may also be eligible for an annual incentive
We're a collaborative and forward-thinking team focused on delivering great digital services and continually improving the experience for our users. As our digital services continue to grow, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to high-profile initiatives, drive positive change, and help shape how technology supports the organisation's future.
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Why BAE Systems?
This is a place where you’ll be able to make a real difference. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture that values diversity of thought, rewards integrity, and merit, and where you’ll be empowered to fulfil your potential. We welcome people from all backgrounds and want to make sure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible. If you have a disability or health condition (for example dyslexia, autism, an anxiety disorder etc.) that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.
Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.
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