Own and evolve the AWS platform architecture for scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency
Lead architectural redesign where systems show strain or fragility
Establish reusable infrastructure patterns that reduce drift and technical debt
Improve operational maturity through strong observability and reliability practices
Design release strategies that keep production changes safe and predictable
Eliminate manual processes through automation across the platform
Turn incidents into architectural improvements through effective remediation
Improve developer experience by making the right way the easy way
Embed secure-by-default principles into platform architecture and delivery pipelines
Strengthen cloud identity boundaries, isolation, and defence-in-depth
Partner with the tails.com security team to evolve resilience, monitoring, and threat detection capabilities
Ensure backup, recovery, and failure-domain strategies are deliberate, tested, and robust
Engage early in service design to ensure reliability, scalability, and security are built in
Challenge designs that introduce risk or unnecessary complexity
Contribute to platform standards and reference architectures
Raise engineering standards through example, peer review, and pragmatic mentorship

Significant experience building and evolving AWS cloud platforms in production
Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, resilience, and operational risk
Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code and platform automation
Experience designing safe, reliable deployment and release strategies
Strong grasp of cloud security fundamentals and secure-by-default architecture
Experience working with security teams to strengthen resilience and detection capabilities
Solid scripting and automation capability
Clear communicator, able to translate technical risk into pragmatic improvements

Competitive salary, reviewed annually
Annual bonus, based on company performance
Flexible core hours, giving you true work life balance
Hybrid role to ensure this role works for you
25 days of holiday (excluding bank holidays) which increases over time to a max of 27 days
9/10 day working week to enhance your wellbeing without a reduction in pay and leave allowance
Optional 5 days unpaid leave and 1 paid volunteer day each year
When you need a change of scenery, you can work from abroad 2 weeks every 6 months
Health insurance for you, paid by Tails.com
Extended maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption pay. 6 months at 70% pay
Flexible paid care leave to support immediate dependants, people close to you and pets
In house L&D team, with access to year round courses to help drive your development
50% discount on all Tails.com
Discounted gym membership

Senior DevOps Engineer

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