Platform Engineer

Mode: 5 days onsite.

Rate: 400 GBP/day Inside IR35.

Job Description

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Formal training or certification on Platform Engineering concepts

Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods (CI/CD)

Practical cloud-native experience across private cloud VSI and Kubernetes, including a clear understanding of the trade-offs between the two

Strong understanding of network boundaries - segmentation, ingress/egress controls, service-to-service connectivity, and secure zone-to-zone traffic flow

DevOps toolchain expertise - CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform

Strong Scripting and automation skills using Python and Bash for tooling, orchestration, and operational tasks

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Certifications a plus - CKA, CKAD, AWS (eg, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer)

Private cloud VSI vs. Kubernetes platform experience - provisioning, deploying, and operating workloads on Virtual Server Instances alongside container orchestration platforms

Load balancing - L4/L7 load balancers, traffic distribution, and high-availability patterns

Serverless technologies (eg, AWS Lambda) and event-driven architectures

Networking and scaling - DNS, routing, auto-scaling, horizontal/vertical scaling, and performance tuning under load

AWS (ECS, EKS, MSK)

CDN, WAF, and network boundary/perimeter design