16 of 16 Contract Platform Engineering Jobs in the South East

both virtual and physical systems. You'll be part of a small, embedded team that maintains, monitors, and enhances secure infrastructure environments. Responsibilities include managing VMware and operating systems, platform engineering, environment configuration, and system administration. You'll contribute from system build through to live operations, ensuring stability, performance, and security across all services. The role includes participation … We're Looking For - 3rd Line Support Core Engineer Proven experience delivering 3rd line technical support within secure or complex environments. Strong skills in VMware , Windows Server , and Linux platform engineering . Expertise in MS Platform Engineering , environment configuration , and system maintenance . Knowledge of backup solutions and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) . Excellent communication, analytical More ❯

Job Title: Platform Engineering Manager Location: Farnborough Contract Type: 6-Month Contract Rate: £700–£800 per day (Inside IR35) Hours: 37.5 per week (3-4 days a week on-site) Security Clearance: DV clearance required (must hold current DV) The Opportunity: We're looking for an experienced Platform/Environments Manager to lead environment management across a … Agile framework, you'll coordinate with DevOps, Infrastructure, and Network teams to ensure environments are stable, consistent, and audit-ready for supporting mission-critical digital services. The Role: As Platform Manager, you'll oversee the creation, control, and operation of development, test, and production environments across hybrid systems. You will: Establish and manage environment configuration and control processes Support More ❯

Job Title: Platform Engineering Manager Location: Farnborough Contract Type: 6-Month Contract Rate: £700-£800 per day (Inside IR35) Hours: 37.5 per week (3-4 days a week on-site) Security Clearance: DV clearance required (must hold current DV) The Opportunity: We're looking for an experienced Platform/Environments Manager to lead environment management across a More ❯

you'll help shape the delivery of critical infrastructure solutions that underpin complex, mission-focused systems. What You'll Do Act as the technical authority for one or more platform engineering domains (cloud, virtualisation, automation, networking, or cyber tooling). Design and implement secure platforms across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments. Capture and interpret complex customer requirements … to drive architecture and system design. Produce high- and low-level designs, aligned with secure-by-design and engineering best practices. Lead technical delivery within work packages, including planning, estimation, and progress reporting. Mentor and develop engineers, building technical capability and fostering a culture of excellence. Contribute to technology strategy, feasibility studies, and innovation initiatives. Engage confidently with stakeholders … technical solutions and influencing decisions. What You'll Bring Proven technical expertise across multiple infrastructure domains, with a track record of delivering secure solutions. Strong balance between hands-on engineering and technical leadership. A problem-solving mindset and the ability to innovate under pressure. Experience with: Windows and Linux operating systems Virtualisation platforms (VMware, Hyper-V) and containerisation (Kubernetes More ❯

Job title: Identity Platform Engineer Rate: 625 per day Location: Remote-based, with occasional travel to Reading, Warton, or Barrow Contract: 6 months+ SC security clearance is required for this role Overview A leading defence technology programme is seeking an experienced Identity Platform Engineer to support the design, enhancement, and maintenance of secure identity solutions across a complex … highly regulated environment. You will work as part of a new formed specialist engineering function delivering identity, access, and authentication services critical to national defence operations. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain identity and access management (IAM) platforms within secure defence environments. Support and improve existing identity services, including identity lifecycle management, authentication, and federation. Deliver engineering solutions … Directory Domain Services (ADDS), and ADFS. Integrate and support identity protocols including SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SCIM. Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for identity platform components Essential Skills & Experience Current SC Clearance (essential). Over 2 years' experience in identity platform engineering or IAM roles. Strong hands-on expertise with Entra ID More ❯

Job title: Identity Platform Engineer Rate: £625 per day Location: Remote-based, with occasional travel to Reading, Warton, or Barrow Contract: 6 months+ SC security clearance is required for this role Overview A leading defence technology programme is seeking an experienced Identity Platform Engineer to support the design, enhancement, and maintenance of secure identity solutions across a complex … highly regulated environment. You will work as part of a new formed specialist engineering function delivering identity, access, and authentication services critical to national defence operations. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain identity and access management (IAM) platforms within secure defence environments. Support and improve existing identity services, including identity lifecycle management, authentication, and federation. Deliver engineering solutions … Directory Domain Services (ADDS), and ADFS. Integrate and support identity protocols including SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SCIM. Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for identity platform components Essential Skills & Experience Current SC Clearance (essential). Over 2 years' experience in identity platform engineering or IAM roles. Strong hands-on expertise with Entra ID More ❯

Coordinate: Drive day-to-day DevOps execution across squads, ensuring consistent CI/CD, monitoring, and security standards. Implement & Optimise: Deploy automation and infrastructure templates defined by architecture and platform teams. Maintain Stability: Ensure operational health through proactive monitoring, alerting, and maintenance. Security & Compliance: Support vulnerability remediation, patching cadence, and gold-image alignment with Cyber and GCS teams. Cost … standards. Clear, diplomatic communication when influencing central or external teams. Balance leadership with hands-on delivery and operate with accountability and discipline. Experience: 13-15 years in DevOps or platform engineering within multi-squad or large-scale AWS environments. Prior exposure to complex delivery organisations. Hybrid working model with a vibrant London office. Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The More ❯

enterprise environments Perform pre- and post-patch checks to ensure system stability and configuration consistency Troubleshoot and resolve patching or infrastructure issues; escalate when needed Collaborate with application support, platform engineering, and global operations teams Develop and maintain automation scripts (BladeLogic, Ansible, Shell, Python, Perl) Manage and support Red Hat clustering solutions (RHCS) and GPFS clusters Contribute to More ❯

Collaboration & Stakeholder Management Work closely with business data owners, product teams, and data engineers to co-design pragmatic and value-driven data solutions. Partner with the Data Tower and Platform Engineering to deliver hyperconnected and automated data experiences. Influence programme and project teams to adopt standard data design and integration patterns early in the lifecycle. Continuous Improvement Identify More ❯

wider business needs. Supporting the continuous improvement of processes, deployment, and data quality standards. What We Are Looking For: Previously worked as a Senior Data Engineer, Data Engineer, Data Platform Engineer, Data Architect, Data Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Data Engineer, DataOps Engineer, Data Pipeline Engineer, Devops Engineer or in a similar role. Proven experience with Azure cloud platforms and related … architecture. Highly skilled in Python for data engineering, scripting, and automation. Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native data ecosystems. Demonstrable experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Ansible). Hands-on experience with PostgreSQL and familiarity with lakehouse technologies (e.g. Apache Parquet, Delta Tables). Exposure to Spark, Databricks, and data lake/lakehouse environments. Understanding More ❯

Security Platform Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer - 3 months+ £500-550pd Outside IR35 - Hampshire ( Full time on site - 5 days per week) IMPORTANT: Candidates must hold an existing & transferrable high level clearance in order to be considered for the role. Successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment click apply for full job details More ❯

workflows. Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred). Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible). Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration Bachelors degree in computer science/engineering or 5+ years of equivalent experience in related disciplines *Hands on strong Java skills, CICD, Rest , Spring , Kubernetes (advance) , Git hub actions , CICD , Terraform will be big plus (Interviewing … B40 is Terraform SME ) , Platform Engineer experience is a plus. Minimal 7+ years of experience. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain backend microservices using Java and Spring Boot. Build and maintain internal developer platforms for application deployment and lifecycle management. Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, including deployment strategies and Helm charts. Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines using … and GitHub Actions. Collaborate with development and operations teams to improve workflows and provide self-service capabilities. Deploy applications to cloud platforms (Private/Public Cloud AWS). Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and security across environments. Monitor and optimize platform performance and cost efficiency More ❯

appliances (e.g., CheckPoint, Cisco) to ensure network security. Implement and manage routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF, with a focus on high-availability designs. Ensure adherence to software engineering best practices, including unit testing, code reviews, and troubleshooting. Support infrastructure-as-code practices using tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and GitOps principles. Contribute to an Agile development environment, collaborating … with cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions. What We Are Looking For: Previously worked as a Cloud DevOps Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, Cloud Network Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, Cloud Operations Engineer,or in a similar role. Technical expertise in virtual cloud firewalls (CheckPoint, Cisco) and cloud security best practices. … orchestration. Proven knowledge of routing protocols (BGP, OSPF) and high-availability architecture. Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi) and GitOps methodologies. Expertise in software engineering practices: unit testing, code reviews, documentation, debugging, and troubleshooting. Comprehensive understanding of technology stacks, from networks to applications. Solid understanding of Linux environments and Open Source technologies . A More ❯

Security Platform Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer - 3 months+ £500-550pd Outside IR35 - Hampshire ( Full time on site - 5 days per week) IMPORTANT: Candidates must hold an existing & transferrable high level clearance in order to be considered for the role. Successful applicants will be required to be security cleared prior to appointment. Looking for a DV Cleared Security Platfrom … Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer to build a security platform. Essential Skills: Strong experience with Kubernetes Linux (Bash scripting) Strong knowledge of DevSecOps Kubernetes deployments Infrastructure as Code Splunk platform Ideal to have: Windows - (Windows admin) Familiarity with SeOps tooling, log aggregators, edr's etc Security Platform Engineer/DevSecOps Engineer - 3 months+ £500-550pd Outside IR35 - Hampshire More ❯

Job Title: Platform AVP Engineer Pay Rate: £500 to £600 per day via Umbrella Length of Contract: Until 31/05/2026 (and very high chance of contract extension as it's a migration project) Location: London, Liverpool Street (Hybrid role: 2-3 days from Office) About the Role We are seeking a skilled Platform AVP Engineer … IT policies and processes, strong documentation skills, and the ability to work flexibly - including out-of-hours support and occasional international travel. Key Responsibilities Maintain, monitor, and operate the Platform environment in line with company policies. Resolve incidents and tickets raised through IT service management systems. Support platform-related project work and deployment initiatives. Ensure systems are enrolled … in capacity management and life-cycle processes. Collaborate with global IT teams to enhance platform performance and reliability. Participate in on-call support rota and out-of-hours operational activities. Essential Skills & Experience Strong expertise in Microsoft Windows Server (Must have) and Desktop environments . Experience with Microsoft systems management tools (SCCM, SCOM). Knowledge of Active Directory, replication More ❯

are supporting a major resilience and ServiceNow optimisation programme with a regulated client. You’ll join a cross-functional team improving CMDB, Change Management, and service tiering, ensuring the platform is scalable, integrated, and aligned with best practices. You’ll shape technical direction and oversee integrations with AWS, Salesforce, Workday, Tableau and other enterprise systems. Key Responsibilities Define and … govern the technical architecture for CMDB and Change Management in ServiceNow. Ensure platform design aligns to resilience objectives, service tiering and automation goals. Oversee integrations with AWS, Salesforce, Workday, Tableau and other systems. Work closely with developers, SMEs and offshore partners to guide implementation. Review configuration, data models, API usage and technical dependencies. Ensure alignment with ServiceNow best practices … and architectural principles. Required Experience Strong background as a ServiceNow Technical Architect or senior platform engineer. Deep knowledge of CMDB, Change Management, Discovery, integrations and MID servers. Experience defining architecture across multi-platform environments (AWS, Salesforce, Workday, etc.). Ability to work with cross-functional teams and guide technical decision-making. Understanding of resilience, ITIL processes and regulatory More ❯