Introduction

Company cultures & job summary

Our client is looking for a Platform Engineer to design, build and operate the critical infrastructure platforms that underpin their most sensitive services. This is a brilliant opportunity to work on genuinely complex engineering challenges at scale. Apply now!

Working Patterns and location - Fully on site

Key responsibilities

• Design, build, support and continuously improve infrastructure platforms underpinning critical services.

• Automate operational processes to reduce manual effort and improve platform reliability.

• Support delivery of platform modernisation and transformation initiatives.

• Collaborate with architecture, security and software engineering teams on technical solutions.

• Monitor platform health, identify optimisation opportunities and drive continuous improvement.

• Troubleshoot complex technical issues and contribute to long-term resolution strategies.

• Develop and maintain technical documentation, standards and reusable engineering practices.

• Share knowledge and mentor others within the wider engineering community.

Skills & experience

• Proven experience designing, building and operating large-scale infrastructure platforms.

• Strong analytical and logical problem-solving skills applied to complex technical challenges.

• Ability to take ownership of problems and work independently when required.

• Experience contributing to automation of operational and infrastructure processes.

• Ability to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Commitment to secure, reliable and maintainable engineering practices.

The client would also like to see some of the below, but this is not essential:

• Experience with Linux and/or Windows enterprise operating systems in large environments.

• Hands-on experience with cloud and/or on-premises infrastructure platforms.

• Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code, automation tooling and scripting languages.

• Familiarity with virtualisation, containerisation and networking concepts.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering practices.

• Knowledge of monitoring, observability and operational tooling.

Additional benefits

• Annual bonus up to 10%.
• Pension up to 5% Employee/10% Employer.
• Private Medical Cover.
• Dental Insurance.
• Health Assessment.
• Life Assurance.

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Part-time opportunities/flexible working is available to suit individual needs.

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