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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer - **Company:** Lift Recruitment Limited - **Location:** Shrivenham, UK - **Salary:** £60,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Microsoft Access, Active Directory, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Business Systems, Cloud Computing, Computer Networks, Data Centers, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Domain Name System (DNS), Monitoring of Systems, Hyper-V, Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Software, Microsoft SQL Server, System Center Configuration Manager, Citrix Systems, Windows PowerShell, Scrum Methodology, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Skype for Business, Runbook, Microsoft SharePoint, Virtual Local Area Networks, Virtualization Technology, Wireless Networks, Google Cloud, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Software Troubleshooting, Firewalls (Computer Science), Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, SolarWinds (Software), Nutanix, Terraform, Vmware - **Published:** May 14, 2026 - **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=6eb0b0bbba8a5611 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Virtualization?, * Experience working within Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Enterprise Support environments * Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure technologies * Experience with virtualisation platforms such as VMware, Nutanix, Citrix, or Hyper-V * Good understanding of networking concepts including DNS, DHCP, VLANs, switching, and firewalls * Experience supporting enterprise monitoring and infrastructure management platforms * Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills * Experience supporting virtualised and endpoint management environments * Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills * Strong documentation and organisational capability * Passion for automation and continuous improvement Desirable Skills * Experience with Active Directory, MECM (SCCM), and SolarWinds * Scripting and automation experience using PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform * Knowledge of Software Defined Data Centre technologies and Hyper Converged Infrastructure * Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud * Experience supporting enterprise wireless networking * Exposure to Microsoft technologies including Exchange, SharePoint, SQL Server, or Skype for Business * Relevant certifications across Microsoft, Nutanix, Red Hat, ITIL, or related technologies ## Description Lift Recruitment are supporting a growing technology-focused organisation in the search for an experienced Platform Engineer to join their enterprise infrastructure and platform team. This is an exciting opportunity for an infrastructure and platform specialist to work across a broad enterprise technology estate supporting critical business systems, virtualisation platforms, monitoring technologies, automation initiatives, and core infrastructure services. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring the reliability, scalability, security, and continuous improvement of the organisation's platform infrastructure while contributing to ongoing automation and operational enhancement initiatives. The Role As a Platform Engineer, you will work across enterprise infrastructure technologies including Active Directory, MECM, SolarWinds, VDI environments, networking, storage, compute, and virtualisation platforms. The role combines hands-on infrastructure support with engineering, automation, monitoring, and platform optimisation responsibilities within an Agile delivery environment. 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