Staff AWS Platform Engineer

Job Purpose

The Platform Engineering capability at RWS is responsible for building and operating the cloud foundations, tooling, and shared platform services that power our next generation of products and applications.

As an Staff AWS Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and implementing the AWS-based platform foundations that allow engineering teams to build and operate software quickly, safely, and at scale. A major focus of this role is supporting the modernisation of application workloads, ensuring after migration to AWS they can be brought in line to leverage consistent platform patterns aligned with the RWS platform reference architecture.

You will work closely with engineering teams across RWS to help them adopt modern cloud-native practices, enabling a shift toward self-service infrastructure, automated deployments, and resilient cloud platforms. This role sits within the Developer & Production Enablement organisation, contributing to the development of the company’s internal platform engineering capability.

About Product & Technology

Product & Technology plays a pivotal role in aligning the organization with its strategic objectives and enhancing shareholder value. Product & Technology is responsible for establishing unified standards and governance practices throughout the company. Additionally, we oversee the development and maintenance of core applications essential for the seamless operation of various functions across the organization. We are committed to driving and executing future roadmaps that are in line with the overall strategic direction of RWS.

With a global reach, Product & Technology provides support services to over 7500 end users worldwide. We take pride in managing the information security operation and safeguarding all our assets. Our core functions encompass Enterprise & Technical Architecture, Network & Voice, Infrastructure, Service Delivery, Service Operations, Data & Analytics, Security & Quality Compliance, Transformation, Application Development, Enterprise Platforms, With a dedicated team of over 500 staff, Product & Technology ensures a strong presence across all regions, enabling efficient and effective support to our global operations.

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Platform Foundations

• Design and implement the AWS platform foundations used by product and service teams across RWS.
• Develop reusable infrastructure patterns aligned with the RWS platform reference architecture.
• Implement core cloud capabilities including networking, identity integration, security controls, and platform services.
• Support the creation of standardised infrastructure building blocks to accelerate application deployment.

On-Premise to Cloud Migration Enablement

• Support engineering and IT teams with guidance as migration of application workloads from on-premise environments into AWS is completed.
• Build and implement prioritised plan for migrated applications: aligned with our RWS platform patterns that ensure secure, scalable, and consistent workloads.
• Collaborate with application teams to modernise architectures where appropriate.
• Provide guidance and tooling to help teams successfully adopt AWS infrastructure and services.

Platform Infrastructure as Code

• Build and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code to ensure consistent, repeatable cloud deployments.
• Develop reusable Terraform modules and platform templates that product teams can consume.
• Improve automation around infrastructure provisioning and environment setup.
• Contribute to the evolution of the RWS cloud platform reference architecture.

Developer Self-Service Platform Capabilities

• Enable product teams to provision infrastructure and deploy services through self-service platform capabilities.
• Integrate cloud infrastructure with CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
• Support the development of platform automation that reduces operational overhead for engineering teams.
• Work with developer productivity teams to ensure platform capabilities integrate smoothly with engineering workflows.

Skills & Experience

Cloud & Platform Engineering

• Strong experience with a software engineering language, and building and operating infrastructure on AWS.
• Deep understanding of modern cloud architectures and platform engineering principles.
• Experience designing scalable infrastructure to support application platforms.

Infrastructure & Automation

• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform.
• Familiarity with CI/CD systems and automated infrastructure deployment.
• Experience building reusable infrastructure modules and platform components.

Cloud Modernisation & Migration

• Experience supporting or leading migrations from on-premise infrastructure to cloud platforms.
• Understanding of modern cloud-native architecture patterns and application deployment strategies.
• Ability to work with engineering teams to modernise infrastructure and improve deployment practices.

Collaboration & Engineering Culture

• Ability to work collaboratively with engineering, SRE, and developer productivity teams.
• Strong communication skills when working with engineers across different domains.
• Passion for building platforms that empower teams to move faster while maintaining reliability and security.

Life at RWS

Life at RWS - If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about growing the value of ideas, data and content by making sure organizations are understood, then you’ll love life at RWS.

Our purpose is to unlock global understanding. This means our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong. We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career.

In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner, putting clients fist and winning together, to pioneer, innovating fearlessly and leading with vision and courage, to progress, aiming high and growing through actions and to deliver, owning the outcome and building trust with our colleagues and clients.

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics.

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as RWS.

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