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# Senior Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Nextech Group Ltd
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Python (Programming Language), Prometheus, Datadog, Scripting, Grafana, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.apply4u.co.uk/jobs/senior-platform-engineer/55319916

## About the Role

5+ years in platform, DevOps or SRE roles
Strong hands-on Kubernetes and Docker experience
Production experience with AWS
Proficiency in Terraform or equivalent IaC
Scripting ability in Python or Go
Experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins)
Desirable
Experience with ArgoCD or Flux
Prometheus, Grafana or Datadog
Exposure to SOC 2 or ISO 27001 environments
Previous team leadership or mentoring experience

## Description

Design, build and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure on AWS
Own CI/CD pipelines and drive adoption of GitOps practices
Build self-service tooling that lets product teams ship without platform bottlenecks
Improve observability, incident response and SLO tracking
Lead infrastructure-as-code standards using Terraform
Champion security and cost optimisation across the platform