Senior DevOps Platform Engineer

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS environments
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform, CloudFormation, and automation frameworks
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitOps methodologies
• Manage Kubernetes platforms including EKS, container orchestration, Helm deployments, and cluster optimisation
• Support application containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes-based architectures
• Implement GitOps delivery models using tools such as ArgoCD and Helm
• Develop reusable automation frameworks for infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployments
• Improve platform reliability, scalability, and security through automation and engineering best practices
• Support cloud migrations from traditional data centre environments into modern cloud-native platforms
• Implement monitoring, observability, and logging solutions across complex distributed systems
• Work closely with development, security, and architecture teams to improve software delivery processes

Technologies:

• AWS
• Lambda
• Ansible
• ArgoCD
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• CloudWatch
• DevOps
• Docker
• Dynatrace
• EC2
• ELK
• GCP
• GitHub
• GitLab
• GitOps
• Grafana
• Helm
• IAM
• Istio
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• OWASP
• PowerShell
• Prometheus
• Python
• RBAC
• Security
• Splunk
• Terraform, We are supporting a leading organisation seeking an experienced Senior DevOps Platform Engineer to join our cloud engineering function in London. This is an excellent opportunity to work on complex cloud-native environments and help us design and automate scalable platforms across AWS, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD ecosystems. You will play a key role in building resilient cloud platforms, improving deployment automation, supporting containerised applications, and driving DevOps best practices across enterprise environments. This role would suit a Senior DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, or Cloud Automation Specialist looking to work on challenging enterprise environments.

• Strong commercial experience working as a DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
• Extensive hands-on AWS experience, including VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, and networking services
• Strong Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform and/or CloudFormation
• Strong Kubernetes experience, including EKS, Helm, RBAC, networking, and container management
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar tools
• Strong understanding of Linux systems administration and cloud infrastructure
• Experience with containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, or similar
• Strong scripting ability using languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell
• Understanding of cloud security principles including IAM, encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance controls
• Experience working within regulated industries such as financial services, government, or healthcare
• Experience with GitOps practices and tools such as ArgoCD
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies including Istio or similar
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, New Relic, Splunk, or ELK
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud environments across AWS, Azure, GCP, or private cloud
• Experience with security tooling including Vault, SonarQube, OWASP, Checkov, or vulnerability scanning solutions
• Experience supporting highly available, business-critical platforms