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# Platform Engineer - Graduate Considered

- **Company:** RedTech Recruitment
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** £40,000.0 - £60,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Computing Platforms, Systems Engineering, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Revision Control Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Role-Based Access Control, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Software Engineering, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Istio, Grafana, Cloudformation, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Git Flow, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Terraform, Jenkins, Programming Languages
- **Published:** September 18, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5888299698

## About the Role

Experienced candidates looking towards the upper end of the salary range should demonstrate the majority of the following. However, we are also very keen to hear from exceptional graduates with a demonstrable interest in pursuing a career in Platform Engineering. Those applying at graduate level should have a strong academic background, including a 2:1 or 1st class degree and at least AAB at A Level.

 * You will have commercial experience working with Kubernetes, however, graduates with a good grasp are considered
 * You will have experience operating, troubleshooting and scaling Kubernetes clusters within production environments
 * Good understanding of Kubernetes networking, storage, RBAC and workload scheduling
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code and provisioning tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
 * Experience with CI/CD technologies such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins
 * Good understanding of networking and security principles
 * Experience working with source control systems
 * Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to investigate logs, identify patterns and resolve complex platform issues
 * Excellent communication and collaboration skills
 * Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, Bash or Go would be beneficial
 * Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, GitOps or service mesh technologies would also be advantageous

## Description

* Ensure applications can be deployed reliably and efficiently at scale
 * Work closely with software engineering teams to understand infrastructure requirements and encourage scalable, cloud-native development practices
 * Improve the reliability, observability and performance of Kubernetes clusters
 * Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient software delivery
 * Develop and improve Infrastructure as Code using technologies such as Terraform or CloudFormation
 * Automate operational processes and identify opportunities to improve the developer experience
 * Support engineering teams with the effective use of cloud infrastructure
 * Help transition new applications and services into production
 * Embed security best practices into platform architecture and infrastructure
 * Monitor platform components and ensure services meet performance and reliability requirements
 * Evaluate relevant cloud-native technologies and introduce practical improvements to the platform

What the role offers:

 * The opportunity to work extensively with Kubernetes and modern cloud-native technologies
 * Work on complex infrastructure supporting sophisticated, large-scale software products
 * A varied platform role spanning Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, automation and security, Keywords: Platform Engineer / Kubernetes Engineer / DevOps Engineer / Cloud Platform Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer / SRE / Cloud Engineer / Kubernetes Platform Engineer / Systems Engineer / Production Engineer / Cloud Infrastructure Engineer / Kubernetes / Terraform / CloudFormation / Infrastructure as Code / IaC / GitHub Actions / GitLab CI / Jenkins / Python / Bash / Go / Prometheus / Grafana / OpenTelemetry / GitOps / Service Mesh / Containers / Container Orchestration / CI/CD / RBAC / Cloud Native / Networking / Computer Science / Software Engineering / Computing / Engineering / Mathematics


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