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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Erin Associates Ltd
- **Location:** Leicester, UK
- **Salary:** £65,000.0 - £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Bash Shell, Computer Programming, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Octopus Deploy, OpenShift, Software Tools, Prometheus, Scripting, Cloud Platform System, Docker Swarm, Grafana, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Bare Metal, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.erinassociates.com/job.php?id=62886510

## About the Role

* Strong production experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Linux
 * AWS or another major cloud platform
 * Terraform, Ansible, Helm and Argo CD
 * CI/CD using GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar
 * Monitoring and observability, ideally OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana
 * Networking, security, secrets management and disaster recovery
 * Scripting/programming with Go, Python or Bash
 * Experience with on-premises/bare-metal environments

Experience with OpenShift, K3s, Docker Swarm, Cilium/eBPF, Backstage or AI-assisted engineering tools would be advantageous.

## Description

We're looking for an experienced DevOps / Platform Engineer to build and maintain the internal platform that enables development teams to deliver software quickly, securely and reliably across cloud and on-premises environments., THe Platform Engineer will work across Kubernetes, GitOps, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability and security, while helping create self-service tools and automation that make developers' lives easier., Keywords; DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Python, AWS, Terraform - Leicester, East Midlands, Loughborough, Coalville, Leicestershire, Corby