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Our suite includes Airport Operating Systems (AOS), PPS, and Passenger Flow Management solutions, empowering airports to gain deep insights into the movement of passengers and aircraft around the world.\nWe achieve this by becoming the airport’s first call for technology. Whether in times of need or growth, we stand alongside our clients, offering support through innovative software that drives their success.\nOur Commitment to Excellence\nAt AeroCloud, being the airport’s first call means exceeding expectations at every customer interaction. This is not just a goal; it’s our standard. We prioritize detail, diligence, and a proactive approach in everything we do. If there’s a task to be completed, we see it through. If a customer needs an answer we don’t yet have, we respond promptly to let them know we’re on it. We believe in keeping our team informed, being transparent, and maintaining accountability at every step.\nAbout The Role\nOur platform team runs our AWS and Azure estate: the accounts, the security and production itself. Product engineers build on it, and only the platform team has access to production. The platform is defined in code in AWS CDK and Terraform. Product teams build event-driven services on top of it with SST.\nWe're hiring a Principal Platform Engineer: a highly senior engineer who knows the right way to build and run a cloud estate, and can explain why. You'll set the standards for infrastructure as code, have the deciding voice on architecture and security, and make sure what product teams build is set up correctly. You'll also be in front of customers, explaining why our setup is the way it is and holding firm on changes that aren't needed or would weaken our security.\nYou'll work as a peer to our Lead Platform Engineer, alongside the platform and DevOps engineers on the same work. You lead by example. You build, others follow, and the engineers around you get better because you're there.\nResponsibilities\nHolding the deciding voice on architecture and security, and reviewing product teams' architectures so AWS services are set up correctly\nOwning our AWS and Azure setup and its security: accounts, identity and access, and service configuration\nKeeping production running well with the platform team, and keeping access to it platform-only\nSetting the standards for infrastructure as code in AWS CDK and Terraform\nMaking sure CI/CD does its job, so teams ship safely and often\nAuditing the estate, finding security gaps as they appear and making sure they're closed\nImplementing the controls PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and NIST CSF require across AWS and Azure, and keeping them auditable, so the platform holds up when auditors and customers test it\nRepresenting the platform in front of customers, and pushing back on changes that aren't needed or would weaken our security\nGuiding others to build, through design, review, pairing and example\nOur Tech Stack\nAWS and Azure. Infrastructure as code in AWS CDK and Terraform. CI/CD across every product team. Product teams build event-driven, serverless services with SST, Lambda, events and S3. Some products run on site at airports or on edge devices. The platform implements the controls for PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and NIST CSF.\nWhat We Offer\nCompetitive salary\nBest in Class Share Options scheme\n25 days PTO + statutory holidays\nTake your birthday off work on us as well\nExtensive upskilling and training\nDigital Nomad Scheme\nOur Ethos\nAeroCloud recognises Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion at the heart of our business. They represent the mutual trust, respect and understanding we strive for. They are integral to our brand, reputation, success, business sustainability and employee relations impact.\nOur vision is to have a diverse, equal and inclusive organisational culture. We want everyone who comes into contact with us, both face to face and virtually, to feel valued and respected. 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