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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Hybrid London
- **Location:** Wellingborough, UK
- **Salary:** £54,000.0 - £60,900.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Cloud Foundry, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Prometheus, Systems Integration, Policy as Code, Cloud Platform System, Istio, Grafana, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Azure AKS, Terraform, Docker
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/platform-engineer/hybrid-london-job107781009

## About the Role

You'll have strong commercial experience with:

 * Kubernetes and cloud-native platform engineering
 * Microsoft Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
 * Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
 * Docker, GitOps and CI/CD pipelines
 * Linux and Bash scripting
 * Grafana, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry
 * Kubernetes networking and service mesh technologies
 * Production platform operations and troubleshooting
Experience with any of the following would be advantageous:

 * Cilium
 * Istio
 * ArgoCD or Flux
 * Kafka or Redpanda
 * Helm and Kustomize
 * Python automation
 * Policy as Code (OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno)

## Description

We're working with a prestigious organisation seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to help build and operate a modern cloud-native platform that underpins AI, automation and integration services across a large-scale enterprise environment.

This is an opportunity to join a greenfield engineering programme where you'll play a key role in shaping a Kubernetes platform built on Microsoft Azure using modern DevOps and platform engineering practices. You'll work with cutting-edge technologies in a collaborative engineering team, helping deliver a secure, scalable and highly reliable platform that will support a major strategic transformation programme.

The Role

You'll be responsible for building, operating and continuously improving a shared Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platform used by application, AI and integration engineering teams. Working within a collaborative engineering team, you'll help deliver a secure, scalable and highly reliable platform through automation, Infrastructure as Code and GitOps.

What You'll Be Doing

 * Build, operate and enhance Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
 * Manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
 * Develop and support GitOps CI/CD pipelines
 * Manage Kubernetes networking, service mesh and gateway technologies
 * Support observability using Grafana, Prometheus and OpenTelemetry
 * Maintain platform security, reliability and automation
 * Participate in incident response and continuous platform improvement
 * Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to drive platform best practice


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