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# Platform Specialist

- **Company:** SThree Plc
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £130,000.0 - £182,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Linux, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, SQL Databases, Data Logging, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Cloud Platform System, Grafana, Software Troubleshooting, Reliability of Systems, SAPBasis, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Terraform, Data Pipelines, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6198226617389830

## About the Role

* Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP)
 * Working knowledge of containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
 * Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
 * Understanding of microservices and distributed systems
 * Proficiency in infrastructure as code or configuration management
 * Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Nice-to-have

 * Experience with .NET, Java or Python development ecosystems
 * Familiarity with monitoring, logging and observability tools
 * Knowledge of Linux and Windows system administration
 * Experience with SQL databases and data pipelines
 * Exposure to SAP environments or enterprise systems
 * Scripting experience (Bash, PowerShell)

## Description

This is a contract opportunity to register your interest in future Platform Specialist roles within our infrastructure and cloud engineering teams. Roles of this type may involve designing, building and maintaining scalable platform solutions that enable development teams to deploy, monitor and operate applications reliably. You could work with modern cloud infrastructure, containerisation technologies and CI/CD pipelines to support distributed systems and microservices-based architectures., * Designing and implementing cloud platform solutions using Azure, AWS or GCP

 * Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
 * Working with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
 * Supporting development teams in adopting microservices architectures and APIs
 * Managing infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform
 * Collaborating with teams to improve system reliability, scalability and performance
 * Contributing to platform documentation and best practices
 * Supporting the deployment and configuration of distributed systems


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