Platform Engineer

Role Title: Platform Engineer

Location: Milton Keynes

Duration: 31/07/2026

Days on site: 2

Rate: £320/Day (via umbrella)

Role Description:

What You will do

• Operate and enhance our Kubernetes platform across AWS, Azure, and on prem.

• Lead incident response, problem management, and root cause analysis.

• Deliver cluster lifecycle work: upgrades, patching, node pools, CNI/CSI, ingress, and Rancher operations.

• Own observability, dashboards, alerting, and SLOs/SLIs.

• Implement GitOps (Fleet) and reduce toil through automation and strong governance.

• Apply secure API gateway and WAF patterns.

• Work with distributed system patterns, including event brokers and asynchronous messaging.

• Maintain security posture: CVE remediation, GRC controls, scanning pipelines.

Your Skills

• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Rancher, GitOps, Linux, and cloud networking.

• Understanding of API gateway and WAF patterns.

• Experience with distributed systems and event driven architectures.

• Strong automation/scripting (Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, .NET).

• IaC:

o Terraform for foundational/bootstrap cluster provisioning.

o Crossplane as an orchestration layer (leveraging Terraform providers).

• Ability to work securely within PCI DSS / GDPR patterns.

• CI/CD: Concourse, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps.

• Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Jaeger/Tempo, CloudWatch, Loki, OpenTelemetry.

Nice to Have

• AWS operational experience.

• Service mesh (Istio/Kuma).

• Hybrid cloud experience (AWS + Azure + on prem).

• Payments or regulated industry background.

Success Looks Like

• High uptime and platform stability.

• Reduced toil through automation and GitOps.

• Smooth, predictable upgrade cycles.

• Fewer CVEs and platform risks.

• Faster onboarding for new tenants and workloads