Platform Engineer
- Platform Engineer opportunity working on cutting-edge AI/ML and secure platform technologies
- £555 per day via Umbrella
- Hybrid working – Portsmouth based with 2 days onsite every other week
- SC Clearance required
Our client is a leading engineering and technology organisation delivering highly secure, mission-critical solutions within the Defence and National Security sector. They are investing heavily in the evolution of their platform and AI/ML capabilities, supporting complex programmes operating within secure and highly regulated environments. Due to continued programme growth, they are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join their team.
As a Platform Engineer, you will play a key role in modernising and evolving existing platform capabilities across multiple environments at different stages of maturity. This is a hands‐on technical leadership position, combining strategic thinking and technical guidance with practical engineering delivery.
You will help drive DevSecOps best practice, support platform automation initiatives and enable secure AI/ML integration within highly regulated and air‐gapped environments.
You will:
- Lead the design and implementation of DevSecOps solutions and platform improvements
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks and deployment tooling
- Support Kubernetes and Docker-based containerised environments
- Develop automation and scripting solutions using Python, Bash and Linux
- Support AI/ML model integration into operational platforms
- Work with Apache Kafka and associated data streaming technologies
- Drive secure development practices within air‐gapped and highly regulated environments
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve platform performance, scalability and security
- Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers across the wider team
- Strong Platform Engineering, DevOps or DevSecOps experience
- Expertise in Kubernetes and Docker
- Strong CI/CD pipeline development and automation experience
- Python and Bash scripting skills
- Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, security scanning and automation
- Experience working within secure or air‐gapped environments
- Strong Linux administration skills
- Experience integrating AI/ML models into production environments
- Experience with Apache Kafka Ability to provide technical leadership while remaining hands‐on
- Experience within Defence, National Security or highly regulated sectors
- Experience operating within hybrid cloud environments
- Knowledge of ITAR, compliance frameworks and secure development practices
- Experience modernising legacy platforms and environments
- Experience supporting large-scale distributed systems