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Cloud Platform Engineer delivering AWS infrastructure and scalable Kubernetes platforms.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can modernise cloud infrastructure on AWS, build reusable Terraform foundations, and own platform delivery end-to-end—design through deployment—while keeping a strong focus on observability, SDLC quality, and collaboration.

I’m a Cloud Engineer with over 10 years of experience across a variety of engineering fields. Initial work in data engineering and BI transitioned to cloud-based and infrastructure roles, and I’ve built a track record of engaging with all stages of the SDLC—from requirements gathering and architecting to deployment and testing.

In my current role as a Cloud Platform Engineer, I modernise and improve the pipelines and cloud infrastructure of product teams. I’ve developed a “paved path” for onboarding teams into the cloud estate and a “golden path” for their products to be deployed, building reusable infrastructure objects in Terraform following best infrastructure practices.

I’ve also led platform improvements by deploying from development to production using Terragrunt and Terraform, developing and deploying to multi-tenant EKS clusters running Spring microservices. My approach is practical and collaborative, with strong communication with colleagues and clients, and a consistent focus on observability—using Datadog on Kubernetes and PoCs across tools like Loki, VictoriaMetrics, and Prometheus.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Cloud Platform Engineer

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Post Office Limited

Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Modernised and improved product-team pipelines and cloud infrastructure, building a paved path for onboarding and a golden path for product deployments. Developed reusable Terraform infrastructure objects and migrated legacy/third-party components onto AWS PaaS, including Harbor to ECR, Artifactory to CodeArtifact, and EC2 to ECS/EKS.

Terraform AWS Amazon ECR Amazon ECS Amazon EKS PaaS Harbor Artifactory AWS CodeArtifact EC2

Cloud Platform Engineer

Provenir AI

Apr 2023 - Jul 2024 (1 year 3 months)

Served as sole platform engineer, improving the initial platform PoC and deploying from development to production using Terragrunt and Terraform. Deployed Spring microservices on a multi-tenant EKS cluster and implemented GitOps CI/CD with Argo CD and GitHub Actions, with Kubernetes observability via Datadog and PoCs for Loki and Prometheus.

Terragrunt Terraform Amazon EKS Kubernetes Microservices Argo GitHub Actions GitOps Datadog Loki Prometheus

Senior DevOps Engineer

Origin Digital

Sep 2021 - Apr 2023 (1 year 7 months)

Developed and refined cloud infrastructure across a multi-account AWS estate and migrated from a legacy Linode private cloud to modern AWS services. Created reusable Terraform components for self-service deployments, mentored platform team members, and led migration from KOPS to EKS with Prometheus/Grafana observability and IAM-linked RBAC.

AWS Terraform Kubernetes Amazon EKS Linode Prometheus Grafana RBAC IAM

Platform Engineer

Amadeus Software

Mar 2021 - Sep 2021 (6 months)

Installed and supported a SAS platform on both Linux and Windows, configuring complex closed-source software alongside open-source solutions. Built PoCs for cloud and containerised approaches and worked closely with clients.

Linux Windows SAS Open Source Integration