Senior Platform Engineer - SC Eligible
Senior Platform Engineer
Location: South West (Hybrid - 3 days on-site)
Security: Must be eligible for UK SC Clearance
Salary: Up to £90,000 per annum
We're partnering with an innovative technology organisation that's investing heavily in its engineering platform and looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to help shape the tools and infrastructure that enable high-performing development teams.
This is an opportunity to work on modern platform technologies, improving developer experience through automation, self-service capabilities, and scalable infrastructure while collaborating with software, infrastructure, security, and AI teams.
What you'll be doing:- Designing and building scalable platform services and infrastructure
- Developing self-service tooling and automated deployment workflows
- Building and optimising CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code
- Supporting cloud and container-based platforms using Kubernetes and Docker
- Improving observability, reliability, and security across the platform
- Contributing to API-driven integrations and reusable platform capabilities
- Working closely with engineering teams to enhance developer productivity
Requirements:
- Experience building and operating cloud or platform infrastructure
- Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, and automation
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices
- Software engineering skills to build platform tooling and automation
- An understanding of secure, scalable, and reliable platform design
- A collaborative engineer who enjoys solving complex technical challenges and enabling others to succeed
If you're passionate about platform engineering and want to play a key role in building the foundations that power modern software delivery, we'd love to hear from you.
For a confidential discussion and further details, please get in touch.