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# Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps)

- **Company:** Sterling Bridge Limited
- **Location:** Southampton, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £90,000.0 - £110,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Proxmox, VoIP, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Linux System Administration, Ansible, WebRTC, Ceph (Software), Kubernetes, Terraform
- **Published:** August 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/senior-platform-engineer-devops/sterling-bridge-limited-job107812083

## About the Role

* 7+ years' experience within DevOps, Platform or Infrastructure Engineering.
 * Extensive commercial Kubernetes experience managing production workloads.
 * Advanced Infrastructure as Code expertise.
 * Excellent Linux systems administration.
 * Experience designing resilient, highly available platforms.
 * Strong troubleshooting and networking skills.
 * UK based with the ability to travel to Southampton.

Desirable

 * Proxmox VE or Ceph.
 * Startup or scale-up experience.
 * VoIP, SIP or WebRTC environments.
 * Strong security and governance knowledge.

## Description

This is a rare opportunity to join an ambitious technology company where infrastructure sits at the heart of the business. They're looking for an exceptional Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer to lead the evolution of a production platform running mission-critical services with uptime measured in expectations, not aspirations.

You'll be the technical authority driving automation, scalability and operational excellence across a modern Kubernetes estate. If you enjoy solving difficult engineering problems and leaving systems significantly better than you found them, you'll thrive here.

This role offers genuine influence. You'll help shape technical direction, champion engineering best practice and work alongside a team that values quality over shortcuts.
Your Responsibilities

 * Own and evolve large-scale production Kubernetes infrastructure.
 * Design and implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible and automation-first principles.
 * Improve platform scalability, resilience and performance.
 * Lead operational improvements, monitoring and disaster recovery.
 * Mentor engineers and drive engineering standards across the platform.
 * Work directly with leadership on the future technical roadmap.


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