Platform Engineer
Platform Engineer - CloudFormation or Terraform
Leeds (Hybrid)
Permanent
£70,000- £75,000 + Benefits
Platform Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance and good experience Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform. for a permanent position in Leeds (Hybrid). Start ideally in May 2026.
A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government digital modernisation projects.
Hybrid Working – 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the Leeds office.
Key skills, experience + duties to include:
- Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
- Good understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
- Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation, ei.e. Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
- Hands on CloudFormation scripting, troubleshooting and debugging.
- Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.
- Using Automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
- Work closely with both engineers and product teams and including Designers, Product Managers and Analysts.
- Working knowledge of Chef, scripting and troubleshooting and with Python scripting and troubleshooting
- Experience with Jenkins pipelines (multibranch), deployments, groovy scripting
- Experience with Linux commands and knowledge of troubleshooting web services
- Experience with AWS services – EC2, NLB, API Gateway, ASG, etc.
- Active SC Security Clearance used last 12 months.
- Government, GDS, (url removed) domain experience is strongly preferred.
- Benefits: Salary 70k-75k (DOE) + Hybrid + Bonus + Pension + 22 days holiday + BHs (rising to 25 days) + Death in Service + Health Care Plan + More.