Platform Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer

Prosource
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
4 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Azure
Command-Line Interface
Software as a Service
Data Recovery
Disaster Recovery
Hyper-V
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Citrix Systems
Platform as a Service (PAAS)
Powershell
Ansible
Virtualization Technology
Storage Technologies
Information Technology
Performance Monitor
Terraform
Network Server
VMware

Job description

Join our team as a Platform Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer, delivering secure, reliable, and high-performing infrastructure services that support critical business operations. You'll support on-premise and cloud platforms, ensuring they remain stable, scalable, and compliant. Working closely with development, security, and third-party vendors, you will maintain and enhance infrastructure services, drive continuous improvement, and play a key role in disaster recovery and resilience planning., * Manage and maintain on-premise and cloud infrastructure including servers, storage, virtualisation technologies, and backup & recovery services

  • Administer platforms across UNIX, Windows, VMware, and cloud environments (Azure/AWS)
  • Support private, hybrid, and public cloud storage technologies (Block/File/Object)
  • Ensure security, performance, stability, and capacity across all platform services
  • Monitor platform performance and resolve system issues proactively

Platform Engineering & Delivery

  • Undertake the administration, configuration, and troubleshooting of infrastructure platforms
  • Provide technical guidance on infrastructure components for IT projects
  • Work with development, security, and digital teams on enhancements, improvements, and platform changes
  • Support disaster recovery planning and resilience improvements

Governance, Compliance & Documentation

  • Ensure alignment with HSE, cyber security, and compliance requirements
  • Create and maintain operational documentation: processes, procedures, design, config, and support manuals
  • Maintain asset inventories and support adherence to enterprise technology standards
  • Support ITSM processes, ensuring effective controls and service levels

Vendor, Stakeholder & Team Collaboration

  • Manage relationships with vendors and service providers
  • Act as a conduit between technical teams and business stakeholders
  • May provide out-of-hours/on-call support as required

Requirements

  • Proven experience as a subject matter expert in operational infrastructure support(servers, storage, backup & recovery, SaaS/PaaS/IaaS, security services)
  • Strong working knowledge of Azure/AWS cloud environments and associated tooling
  • Experience with virtualisation (VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V)
  • Automation skills using PowerShell, CLI, Ansible, Terraform, or similar
  • Understanding of ITIL practices and enterprise ITSM frameworks

Industry & Delivery Experience

  • Background in oil & gas or similarly complex, regulated operational environments (preferred)
  • Experience working across the full lifecycle: administration, support, performance monitoring, maintenance, and continuous improvement

Core Competencies

  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and results-driven mindset
  • Demonstrated accountability, sound judgement, and leadership behaviours
  • Ability to work effectively across teams and manage competing priorities
  • Self-motivated, proactive, and committed to improving ways of working

Benefits & conditions

For employees, we're committed to recognising and rewarding hard work. Our competitive salary and benefits package includes; Company Pension Scheme, Private Medical & Dental Insurance, Group Income Protection, Group Life Assurance, Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme. We also invest in your development. If you choose to self-study in your own time, we'll fund your study materials and exam fees - and once you pass, you'll receive an incentive bonus.

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