Platform Engineer

Old Swan
Liverpool, United Kingdom
4 days ago

Role details

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

Job location

Liverpool, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Databases
Linux
DevOps
Identity and Access Management
Linux System Administration
PCI Data Security Standards
Prometheus
Datadog
Data Logging
Pulumi
Delivery Pipeline
Grafana
HybridCloud
Cloudformation
Cloudwatch
Terraform
Devsecops
Vulnerability Analysis

Job description

Design and manage hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (e.g. CloudFormation, Terraform), ensuring secure, repeatable, production-aligned environments.Maintain cloud and local systems (Windows/Linux), covering patching, networking, storage, virtualisation, and container platforms.Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines with blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments, including automated, zero-downtime database releases.Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated incident workflows with clear reporting.Strengthen cloud security posture (IAM, secrets, vulnerability scanning) and embed DevSecOps practices while maintaining PCI-DSS compliance.Drive reliability through SLIs/SLOs, incident response, disaster recovery testing, and capacity planning for peak events.Optimise performance and cost across hybrid environments through right-sizing, forecasting, and resource governance.Apply AI-driven tooling for anomaly detection, operational optimisation, and compliance automation.Collaborate cross-functionally, maintain documentation, and promote DevOps best practices.

Requirements

5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering (hybrid environments).Strong AWS expertise across compute, networking, storage, and security services.Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation required; Terraform/Pulumi desirable).Docker and ECS and/or Kubernetes.CI/CD pipeline development and controlled deployment strategies.Strong Linux administration and networking fundamentals.Python (essential) and Bash/Shell scripting.Monitoring/logging tools (e.g. Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus).Cloud security tooling and solid understanding of SRE principles.

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