Digital Platform Engineer
About The RoleTeam – Platform EngineeringWorking Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Vitality Bournemouth or London Office. Full-time hours per week. We are happy to discuss flexible working!
Top 3 skills needed for this roleProven multi-cloud engineeringAdvanced infrastructure automation expertiseStrong operational problem solving What this role is all aboutWe're looking for a Digital Platforms Engineer to build, support and continuously improve the infrastructure powering Vitality's digital applications. You'll work across cloud, on-premise and DevOps technologies, driving automation, resilience and scalability while playing a key role in platform upgrades and re-platforming initiatives.
Key ActionsDesign, build and support resilient infrastructure and platform services across AWS, GCP and wider digital environments, ensuring they meet the availability, scalability and operational needs of enterprise applicationsAutomate the provisioning, configuration and management of infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible and Infrastructure as Code practices to improve consistency, repeatability and deployment speedProvide day-to-day engineering support across development, test and production environments, balancing planned sprint commitments with incidents, service requests and wider operational prioritiesInvestigate and resolve complex platform and infrastructure issues involving Windows and Linux servers, databases, application servers, server scripting and supporting cloud servicesMaintain and improve the DevOps toolchain, including access management, platform upgrades, deployment tooling, monitoring capabilities and CI/CD services used by technical teamsManage essential platform components including certificates, API gateways, routing and reverse proxy configurations to maintain secure and reliable communication between applications and servicesCoordinate server and application patching across the digital environment, ensuring technologies remain secure, supported and aligned with cloud and infrastructure best practicesWork collaboratively with application development, network and infrastructure teams, alongside third-party service providers, to deliver platform changes and resolve cross-functional technical challengesIdentify opportunities to automate manual activities, strengthen existing processes and contribute practical technical insight to the future direction and roadmap of platform technologiesWhat do you need to thrive?
Proven experience building, supporting and troubleshooting highly available enterprise infrastructure and platformsHands-on experience with AWS, GCP or other major cloud platforms, alongside Windows and Linux environmentsStrong experience with Terraform, Ansible or similar Infrastructure as Code and automation toolsGood understanding of scalable and resilient engineering practices, including auto-scaling, automated failover and deployment strategiesExperience supporting DevOps toolchains and CI/CD, with exposure to container technologies such as Docker and KubernetesStrong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work across technical teams, third-party providers and changing operational priorities
So, what's in it for you?
Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performanceA pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salaryOur award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefitsLife Assurance – Four times annual salaryThese are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities!
If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, we will: Help you to be the healthiest you've ever beenCreate an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best selfGive you flexibility on how, where and when you workHelp you advance your career by playing you to your strengthsGive you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to beGive you the space to try, fail and learnProvide a healthy balance of challenge and supportRecognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefitsBe there for you when you need usProvide opportunities for you to be a force for good in societyWe commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.
About YouAbout UsWe're incredibly proud to be recognised for the culture we've created — recently being named one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work 2026, and in 2024 we were delighted to be awarded Top 10 Places to Work in the Sunday Times Awards.
Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.
We've been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We're successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.
Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.
Ready to find out if we're the right fit for you? We can't wait.
Unable to show this video due to your cookie preferencesDiversity & InclusionAt Vitality, we're committed to diversity and inclusion because it's good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Vitality's approach to sustainabilityVitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. #LI-HybridIf we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early. If you are interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.
All LocationsBournemouth, LondonAll Locations is a required fieldAdvertising SalaryCompetitive + Bonus + BenefitsContract TypePermanentFunctionDigital & DataExternal Advertising End DateClosing Date:29 Oct 2026