Naimuri - AWS Platform Engineer

Hi, I’m Dan, Head of Technology at Naimuri. I’m responsible for delivery and growth in our key portfolios, and I’m looking for a talented Platform Engineer to strengthen our team. I’m offering the chance to help make the UK a safer place, working in partnership with government and law enforcement organisations on some of the most challenging data and technology problems.

About us

We’ve just had our eleventh birthday, having grown from a little-known tech start-up into a community of 180 people, mostly based in Salford, Greater Manchester.

We work in an Agile-first environment that values transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. While every team has its own rhythm, you can expect:

• A Culture of Enablement: Our goal is to clear obstacles. You'll be empowered to make decisions and given the support and tools you need to succeed.
• Focus on Quality: We take pride in our work. You'll be part of a culture that values well-written, maintainable code, and your work will serve as a "definitive example" for others.
• Active Collaboration: You'll work closely with Software Engineers, Delivery Leads, and Product Owners, helping to manage and maintain your own infrastructure (e.g., Kubernetes) and build automated delivery pipelines (using GitLab).

At Naimuri, we work on a variety of projects that range in length from a few weeks to 5+ years. Here are some things we’ve worked on recently that give a sense of the work we do:

• A DevOps platform to support 3000 users.
• A search and reporting system backed by an Elasticsearch cluster.
• An AI assurance capability

About the Role

As a Platform Engineer at Naimuri, you will play a key role in enabling team success, driving efficiency, and applying technical expertise to complex platform challenges. You will lead key projects and mentor colleagues. We'll look to you to:

• Implement and iteratively improve our AWS Landing Zone Accelerator platform.
• Work as part of an operational team to provide the platform as an enterprise service.
• Collaborate with team members across the company to improve the platform offering both technically and operational.
• Collaborate with team members to find efficiencies and cost saving in the operation of the platform.
• Drive the implementation of platform features and projects, taking end-to-end ownership from design to production. Apply deep domain knowledge to make pragmatic, well-reasoned architectural and design choices.
• Design, develop and maintain secure AWS cloud foundations using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including AWS CloudFormation and the AWS Landing Zone Accelerator (LZA). Contribute to the development of reusable landing zone capabilities, automated account provisioning, security guardrails and governance controls that enable engineering teams to deploy and operate workloads securely at scale.
• Deliver reusable infrastructure modules and Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines (using tools like GitLab or other DevOps platforms) to support consistent and secure deployments.
• Proactively monitor, troubleshoot, and continuously improve platform environments using appropriate logging, monitoring, and analytics tools. Lead on and contribute heavily to resolving difficult issues and major incidents.
• Embed secure design principles into everything you build, proactively seeking security advice. Implement and maintain governance approaches (e.g., Role-Based Access Control, policies, and cost control measures), supporting identity, access management, and vulnerability management.
• Work collaboratively with delivery teams to support platform adoption, share best practices, and define clear, documented onboarding paths. Actively mentor and support colleagues across the team.
• Stay up to date with new platform capabilities and actively suggest improvements or new services that align with company strategy (e.g., enabling AI/ML or hybrid connectivity).

If the following describes the way you work, then I’d really like to speak to you:

• You enjoy taking full responsibility for a solution from initial concept through to production.
• You excel at breaking down complex or ambiguous problems into clear, deliverable milestones.

• You naturally look for ways to continuously improve processes, codebases, and overall team efficiency.
• You are comfortable considering the "big picture," including cost-efficiency, scalability, and performance in your designs.

This might not be the role for you if:

• You prefer a well-defined ticket queue where you can focus purely on implementation.
• You're not interested in mentoring other engineers or participating in wider team leadership.
• You're uncomfortable with the ambiguity that comes from working on novel challenges

Pay and benefits

Naimuri pays competitively within the industry based on your role's base location rates. The salary for this position is dependent upon your experience. We assess seniority relative to the team at Naimuri during the interviewing process.

A full-time working week is 37.5 hours with flexible hours to help balance work and home commitments. We also welcome applications from candidates seeking part-time or job-share arrangements. Most teams have agreed ‘in office’ days to enable collaboration. Depending on the project, you may also be required to travel to a local customer site or occasionally to other locations in the UK.

Benefits include:

• Flexible/Hybrid working options
• Performance bonus
• Company bonus
• Pension matched 1.5x up to 10.5%
• AXA group 1 medical cover
• Holiday purchase/buy-back scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car benefit scheme

Recruitment Process

We are committed to building an inclusive, safe and supportive environment that allows everyone to do their best work, so we strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds and identities to apply. We can of course support any accessibility or neurodiversity requirements that you may need during the recruitment process. We want to ensure that you feel comfortable and confident when interviewing with us. To help you prepare, our recruitment team will be happy to discuss the process in more detail with you when you apply.