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Principal Platform Engineer - NatWest Group
Devops Engineer
Lead the design and delivery of scalable, secure cloud platforms using Python, AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform, driving automation, reliability and performance across the organization.
About the role
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, build and maintain highly available, secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, leveraging Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD pipelines.
- Lead platform engineering initiatives, mentoring teams and setting best‑practice standards for code quality, testing and deployment.
- Collaborate with product, security and operations to define and enforce platform governance, compliance and cost‑optimization strategies.
- Drive continuous improvement of monitoring, observability and incident response processes to ensure 99.99% uptime.
- Champion automation and toolchain enhancements, integrating new services and technologies to accelerate delivery.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, with deep expertise in AWS, Kubernetes and Terraform.
- Proven track record of leading large‑scale, multi‑team platform projects and mentoring technical staff.
- Strong scripting skills in Python and experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD).
- Deep understanding of security, compliance and cost‑management in cloud environments.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders across the organization.
Skills
pythonawskubernetesterraformcicd