Senior Platform Engineer (Azure)

Experteer Overview In this role, you will design, build and operate central platform services to empower engineering teams. You’ll drive automation and cloud infrastructure across Azure, Kubernetes and CI/CD tooling, creating secure, self-service platforms. You’ll mentor peers and champion best practices to raise engineering efficiency. The position sits in Retail Platform Operations, helping scale platforms that underpin customer-focused retirement and protection solutions. You’ll work with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, resilient platforms at pace. Pay / Benefits * Design, build and operate central platform services (GitHub, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, CI/CD tooling) * Automate infrastructure with Terraform to deliver scalable, secure cloud environments * Onboard and enable application teams to shared platform services * Develop reusable GitHub Actions and CI/CD workflows to improve efficiency * Manage and enhance Kubernetes-based platforms for performance and scale * Promote GitOps and automated deployment strategies * Troubleshoot complex platform, infrastructure and networking issues * Mentor engineers and champion continuous improvement and technical excellence Tasks * Terraform for Infrastructure as Code experience * Kubernetes in Azure (AKS) experience * Solid GitHub experience including Actions and workflow automation * Containerisation knowledge (Docker, Kubernetes) and GitOps practices (ArgoCD) * Linux scripting (Bash/Shell); Python advantageous * Networking fundamentals; cloud security principles * Monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana); API-driven automation or Ansible exposure * 5+ years in DevOps, Platform or Cloud Engineering roles * Strong communication and collaboration, mentoring and agile teamwork Key requirements * flexible working options including part-time and job shares * welcoming, inclusive culture * focus on wellbeing and career development * opportunities to collaborate across diverse teams * performance and behavior-based rewards

cloud and automated deployment strategies * Troubleshoot complex platform, infrastructure and networking issues * Mentor engineers and champion continuous improvement and technical excellence Tasks * Terraform for Infrastructure as Code experience * Kubernetes in Azure (AKS) experience * Solid GitHub experience including Actions and workflow automation * Containerisation knowledge (Docker, Kubernetes) and GitOps practices (ArgoCD) * Linux scripting (Bash/Shell); Python advantageous * Networking fundamentals; cloud security principles * Monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana); API-driven automation or Ansible exposure * 5+ years in DevOps, Platform or Cloud Engineering roles * Strong communication and collaboration, mentoring and agile teamwork Key requirements * flexible working options including part-time and job shares * welcoming, inclusive culture * focus on wellbeing and career development * opportunities to collaborate across diverse teams * performance and aaaaaaa operate rewards