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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** The Source
- **Location:** UK (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Audit Trail, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Foundry, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Linux System Administration, Networking Basics, Routing, PCI Data Security Standards, Role-Based Access Control, Prometheus, Software Vulnerability Management, Policy as Code, Data Logging, Transport Layer Security, Load Balancing, Cloud Platform System, Istio, Grafana, Firewalls (Computer Science), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Cloudformation, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Bicep, Linkerd (Service Mesh), Terraform, Splunk, OpenSearch, Jenkins, Golang
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/platform-engineer/52836749

## About the Role

alerting and incident response practices.Harden platforms to meet regulatory expectations (auditability, access control, change management, data protection).Partner with development teams to enable golden paths, templates and Skills & Experience Strong experience as a Platform/DevOps/SRE engineer within complex or regulated environments (Financial Services preferred).Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure or GCP) and core services (VPC/VNet, IAM, KMS, load balancing).Hands-on Kubernetes experience (build, upgrade, secure and troubleshoot clusters).Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform and/or CloudFormation/Bicep) and configuration management.Solid Linux administration and networking fundamentals (DNS, TLS, routing, firewalls).Scripting/programming ability (Python, Go, Bash or similar) to automate workflows.Experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps) and container registries.Security-first mindset: secrets
management, vulnerability management, least privilege, supply chain controls.Observability tooling experience (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/OpenSearch, Splunk) and on-call/incident management.Strong communication skills and ability to influence standards across teams.Desirable Experience with policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper), service mesh (Istio/Linkerd) and SSO/identity of regulatory frameworks and controls (e.g., ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS) and audit evidence collection.Experience running high-availability platforms and performing capacity planning and cost optimisation.

## Description

Reference: 51754Overview We are seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and operate secure, resilient platform capabilities that enable product teams to deliver reliably in a regulated Financial Services environment. You will collaborate with engineering, security and operations to provide self-service infrastructure, standardised tooling and automation across the software delivery lifecycle.Location & Salary Location: United Kingdom (Britain / UK) (hybrid/remote options may be available)Salary: 110,000Key Responsibilities Build and maintain cloud-native platform services (compute, networking, storage, identity) with strong reliability and security controls.Develop Infrastructure as Code and reusable modules; manage environments across development, test and production.Operate Kubernetes-based platforms and associated tooling (ingress, service mesh, secrets, policy).Implement and improve CI/CD pipelines, artefact management and release observability: logging, metrics, tracing