Senior Platform Engineer
Senior Platform Engineer – Milton Keynes (Hybrid)
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Platform Engineer to join our clients technology team and help build, scale, and support a modern internal platform that empowers our engineering teams to deliver and operate their services effectively.
If you love solving complex cloud problems, automating infrastructure, and mentoring other engineers, this role is for you.
Location: Milton Keynes (Hybrid – 1–2 days in office)
Employment type: Full-time
Seniority level: Senior
What You’ll Do
- Build, enhance, and maintain a modern platform used by multiple engineering teams
- Operate within a “you build it, you run it” culture, coding daily and scaling yourself through others
- Collaborate with site reliability, architecture, onboarding, and delivery teams to ensure a reliable, scalable platform
- Promote automation and platform engineering best practices across the organisation
- Upskill team members and contribute to hiring to fill skill gaps
What We’re Looking For
Infrastructure as Code & Azure Expertise
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform (syntax, modules, state, workspaces, backend configuration)
- Deep understanding of the Azure Terraform provider, including limitations and best practices
- Integrating Terraform into CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Familiarity with ARM templates and Azure resource lifecycle management
Cloud, Containers & Automation
- Containerisation and orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of core Azure services (VNets, VMs, Storage, App Services, etc.)
- Hands-on with Azure AD, RBAC, Key Vault, and cloud security best practices
- Skilled in automation using PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Bash
DevOps & Security
- Proficient with Git workflows (branching, merging, pull requests)
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions
- Understanding of cloud networking concepts (VNets, subnets, NSGs)
- Knowledge of cloud security best practices
- Experience optimising cloud spend and resource efficiency
Why You’ll Love Working for our client
- Hybrid working – balance office collaboration and remote focus
- Be part of a small, highly skilled, multi-disciplinary platform engineering team
- Directly impact how engineering teams deliver services across the organisation
- Culture of collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement