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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Richmond Square Consulting Ltd
- **Location:** Manchester, UK
- **Salary:** £95,000.0 - £105,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Encodings, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Software Engineering, Policy as Code, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Devsecops, Docker, Static Application Security Testing, Vulnerability Analysis, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** August 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/platform-engineer/57248002

## About the Role

* Strong experience across several of the following:
 * AWS / Cloud Platforms
 * Kubernetes
 * Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code
 * CI/CD
 * DevOps / DevSecOps
 * Platform Engineering
 * Docker / Containers
 * Automation / Configuration Management
 * Linux
 * Cloud-native architecture
 * Security tooling / secure software delivery
 * Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) or developer enablement platforms would be particularly interesting.
 * Exposure to tools or concepts including Coder, SAST, DAST, SBOM generation, vulnerability scanning or policy-as-code would also be advantageous.
 * AWS certification at Associate level or above would be beneficial but is not essential where the practical experience is strong.
 * Experience working within high-security, government, defence, national security or similarly regulated environments would obviously be advantageous.
 * Clearance: Due to the nature of the projects, candidates must hold current active eDV security clearance, or at a minimum DV clearance with willingness to undergo eDV.

If you are an experienced Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer / Cloud Engineer with active DV or eDV clearance and would like to work on genuinely complex, cutting-edge secure technology, please apply or contact me directly for further information.

## Description

* Designing, building and maintaining secure cloud-native platforms
 * Developing automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and operational workflows
 * Building and improving CI/CD pipelines
 * Implementing Infrastructure-as-Code
 * Working extensively with Kubernetes / containerised environments
 * Embedding security throughout engineering and software delivery processes
 * Supporting modern DevSecOps practices
 * Improving platform resilience, scalability and observability
 * Working across software engineering, infrastructure and security teams
 * Supporting developer platforms and improving the overall developer experience
 * Working within highly secure / regulated technical environments


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