Senior Platform Engineer (OCI)
Hays plc
Manchester, United Kingdom
3 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
SeniorJob location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Cloud Engineering
Linux
Oracle
Cloud Platform System
Gitlab
Kubernetes
Data Management
Terraform
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Docker
Job description
Senior Platform Engineer (OCI)
6 Months
£675 a day Inside IR35
Hybrid (2 days in Manchester)
Currently looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to support my client's cloud platform services. This role is critical in enabling secure, scalable, and resilient platforms for teaching, learning, research, and administrative systems.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Minimum 5+ years of proven industry experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Strong proficiency in GITLAB & Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tools.
- Strong Linux systems administration experience.
- Oracle Database awareness / experience.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (OCI OKE desirable).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to support diverse stakeholders, including academic and administrative users.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable / Nice to Have
- Experience working in a higher education or public sector environment.
- Exposure to research computing, data platforms, or HPC workloads.
- Knowledge of security, privacy, and compliance frameworks relevant to universities.
- Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with (OCI) in production environments.
#4765656 - Simon
Requirements
- Minimum 5+ years of proven industry experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
- Strong proficiency in GITLAB & Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tools.
- Strong Linux systems administration experience.
- Oracle Database awareness / experience.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes (OCI OKE desirable).
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tooling.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to support diverse stakeholders, including academic and administrative users.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable / Nice to Have
- Experience working in a higher education or public sector environment.
- Exposure to research computing, data platforms, or HPC workloads.
- Knowledge of security, privacy, and compliance frameworks relevant to universities.
- Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
- Strong hands-on experience with (OCI) in production environments.
