Platform Engineer

As a Platform Engineer, you will work on secure, highly available cloud infrastructure, supporting large-scale applications and services.

Depending on your experience, you may focus on hands-on engineering, take ownership of complex technical delivery or lead engineering teams.

Your responsibilities may include:

• Designing, building and maintaining AWS cloud infrastructure
• Provisioning and managing infrastructure using Terraform
• Building, operating and improving Kubernetes platforms, particularly AWS EKS
• Developing CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
• Troubleshooting Linux-based production environments
• Improving platform reliability, scalability, security and performance
• Implementing Infrastructure as Code and GitOps practices
• Supporting production incidents and resolving complex infrastructure issues
• Collaborating with software engineers, architects and wider delivery teams
• Mentoring engineers and sharing technical knowledge
• Leading engineering teams and taking ownership of delivery at more senior levels

• Commercial experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering or Cloud Engineering
• Strong hands-on AWS experience in production environments
• Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform
• Commercial Kubernetes experience, ideally AWS EKS
• Strong Linux administration, troubleshooting and scripting skills
• Experience with Git, CI/CD and deployment automation
• Knowledge of Docker, containers and cloud-native infrastructure
• Experience supporting secure, reliable production environments
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Depending on seniority, experience in the following areas would be beneficial:

• AWS EKS cluster provisioning, upgrades and lifecycle management
• Kubernetes networking, autoscaling and troubleshooting
• ArgoCD, FluxCD, Helm and GitOps
• Python, Bash or other automation languages
• Monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana or similar tools
• AWS networking, IAM and cloud security
• Technical leadership, mentoring or engineering management
• Managing engineering teams, delivery responsibilities and performance, Whether you’re an experienced hands-on engineer or looking to progress into technical leadership, there are opportunities across multiple levels., Platform Engineer, Senior Platform Engineer, Lead Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, SRE, AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux, Docker, CI/CD, GitOps, ArgoCD, Helm, Python, Bash, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Engineering, SC Clearance, Public Sector, Defence

• Competitive salaries up to £110,000 depending on experience and location
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements
• Opportunities to work on major UK public sector and defence programmes
• Clear career progression into senior engineering, technical leadership and management
• Access to professional certifications, training and development
• Collaborative engineering teams working with modern cloud technologies
• Comprehensive benefits package

Our client is a leading global technology consultancy delivering large-scale digital transformation programmes across the UK public sector and defence industry.