1 to 25 of 26 Contract Platform Engineer Jobs in the UK

Platform Engineer £450 - £500 per day Outside IR35 6 - months Remote Company A well-established investment and asset management organisation is looking for a Platform Engineer to undertake a large-scale data transformation, building out a new cloud-native data platform to support decision-making across the business. The firm is part-way through the … project has strong executive sponsorship and is being delivered in partnership with a specialist data architect. As the work progresses into its next phase, the business is hiring a Platform Engineer to join the build effort, with a particular focus on infrastructure, automation and pipeline orchestration. This Platform Engineer will sit within the central finance and … planning function and work closely with senior stakeholders, including programme sponsors and business leads. Key responsibilities - Platform Engineer Support the build and enhancement of a cloud-based data platform using Snowflake on Azure, working within an established technical framework. Develop infrastructure components and manage deployment through infrastructure-as-code practices. Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure the More ❯

Backend Platform Engineer Remote, UK 6 Month Contract An exciting opportunity for a Backend Platform Engineer with a strong software engineering background to join a prestigious tech client on a contract basis. This is a well-regarded engineering environment where contractors speak highly of the fast-paced, collaborative culture, and the real autonomy they're given … to make an impact. As a Backend Platform Engineer, you'll focus on building tools, services, and systems that make life easier for developers and accelerate delivery across the business. From improving CI/CD pipelines and service deployment to shaping internal platforms and runtime environments, your work will help enable fast, secure, and reliable software delivery at … t a maintenance role - you'll be building, iterating, and solving meaningful engineering problems, with a strong focus on clean code, robust security practices, and modern cloud infrastructure. Backend Platform Engineer - Key Requirements: Solid experience in software engineering, platform, or backend-focused roles Proficiency in Go and/or Python, particularly for building internal tooling and services More ❯

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a remote Azure Platform Engineer for a FTSE listed company, inside IR35. It's important to note that this Azure Platform Engineer will be required on site for 2 days per week in either Blackfriars, London, or Sheffield city centre. The key experience required for this Azure Platform Engineer role is: Azure Terraform Azure networking ARM If you do have the relevant skills for this Azure Platform Engineer contract, please do apply. More ❯

This is a fantastic opportunity to work as a remote Azure Platform Engineer for a FTSE listed company, inside IR35. It's important to note that this Azure Platform Engineer will be required on site for 2 days per week in either Blackfriars, London, or Sheffield city centre. The key experience required for this Azure Platform Engineer role is: Azure Terraform Azure networking ARM If you do have the relevant skills for this Azure Platform Engineer contract, please do apply. More ❯

Job Title: Platform Engineer - DevOps Location: London Duration: Until 31/12/2025 Rate: £280/day (PAYE via Umbrella only) Clearance Required: Eligible for BPSS We're seeking a Platform Engineer (DevOps) with strong experience in CI/CD pipelines and Windows infrastructure. This role focuses on scripting, automation, and deployment in a Microsoft More ❯

Platform Engineer (HashiCorp Nomad) £615 per day inside IR35 Location: London 6 months + 3 days per week onsite in London, 2 days WFH (remote) My client, a leading digital transformation agency are actively recruiting for an experienced Platform Engineer (HashiCorp Nomad) to assist in delivering critical infrastructure services for a well known bank. The successful … Platform Engineer (HashiCorp Nomad) will have demonstrable kills in: Deploying and managing HashiCorp Nomad clusters in production environments. Designing, implementing, and maintaining HashiCorp Consul in production environments. Proficient knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure as code, including module development and state management. Solid understanding of HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) for defining infrastructure and application configurations. Good understanding of networking More ❯

Platform Engineer (HashiCorp Nomad) £615 per day inside IR35 Location: London 6 months + 3 days per week onsite in London, 2 days WFH (remote) My client, a leading digital transformation agency are actively recruiting for an experienced Platform Engineer (HashiCorp Nomad) to assist in delivering critical infrastructure services for a well known bank. The successful … Platform Engineer (HashiCorp Nomad) will have demonstrable kills in: Deploying and managing HashiCorp Nomad clusters in production environments. Designing, implementing, and maintaining HashiCorp Consul in production environments. Proficient knowledge of Terraform for infrastructure as code, including module development and state management. Solid understanding of HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL) for defining infrastructure and application configurations. Good understanding of networking More ❯

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a technically strong Platform Engineer to join a global professional services firm. The successful candidate will work as part of a dynamic team responsible for the delivery and support of core IT infrastructure, with a strong focus on infrastructure automation and cloud technologies. About the Role: The Platform Engineer will … infrastructure as code practices, and provide technical guidance across the wider IT function. This is a critical role in driving forward modern IT service delivery through automation and scalable platform solutions. Key Responsibilities: Deliver infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps. Build and maintain platform services supporting internal development and infrastructure teams. … Provide 3rd-line support and participate in platform and architectural design discussions. Enhance automation, CI/CD capabilities, and system integration with tools like ServiceNow. Ensure platforms are secure, scalable, and fit for purpose. What We’re Looking For: Significant experience in platform/infrastructure engineering within complex environments. Expertise in Terraform, PowerShell or Python scripting, and CI More ❯

Data Platform Engineer Snowflake/DataOps/CI/CD 500 - 600/day Inide IR35 6 Months Fully Remote We're working with a well-known insurance company currently undergoing a company-wide transformation programme. They're looking for a Data Platform Engineer to help improve their cloud-based data platform and build out … implement best practices, and share your knowledge. A key part of your role will be setting up monitoring and alerting across the platform. Experience Required: Hands-on with Data Platform tools: Snowflake (Must Have), dbt, Airflow, and Fivetran Experience implementing DataOps best practices: CI/CD, modular pipelines, automated testing, code promoting Access management using Azure Active Directory (Entra More ❯

Data Platform Engineer Snowflake/DataOps/CI/CD £500 - £600/day Inide IR35 | 6 Months Fully Remote We're working with a well-known insurance company currently undergoing a company-wide transformation programme. They're looking for a Data Platform Engineer to help improve their cloud-based data platform and build out … implement best practices, and share your knowledge. A key part of your role will be setting up monitoring and alerting across the platform. Experience Required: Hands-on with Data Platform tools: Snowflake (Must Have), dbt, Airflow, and Fivetran Experience implementing DataOps best practices: CI/CD, modular pipelines, automated testing, code promoting Access management using Azure Active Directory (Entra More ❯

OpenShift Platform Engineer +6 months + +Remote working +£550 - £600 a day +SC cleared Skills: +OpenShift clusters + HashiCorp Vault +Ansible/Terraform +Kubernetes +Current active SC clearance is essential My client is migrating from OpenShift 4.14 to a clean-slate OpenShift 4.18 build. The role requires an experienced engineer who can technically assure the setup … supports critical business workloads. Key Requirements: Proven experience in deploying and operating OpenShift clusters (v4.x) from scratch. Strong Kubernetes knowledge, particularly around enterprise OpenShift configurations. Must be comfortable validating platform components and installation scripts. Experience migrating applications and operators between OpenShift clusters. Hands-on familiarity with the following operators: HashiCorp Vault - secrets management Red Hat Quay - internal container registry … migration checklists, config validation, and post-migration testing Security Tooling experience and integration with CI/CD pipelines - SCA, SAST, DAST If you'd like to discuss this OpenShift Platform Engineer role in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch. More ❯

SC CLEARED*** CDS Platform Engineer 6 Month contract initially Location: Telford, 2 days per week on site 3 at home. Rate: £500 - £550 p/d (via Umbrella company) We have a great opportunity with a world leading organisation where you will be provided with all of the support and development to succeed. A progressive organisation where you … can really make a difference. We have a great opportunity for a highly experienced CDS Platform Engineer to join the team. As a BOMS Monitoring Engineer, you will work within the Business Outcomes & Monitoring Solutions (BOMS) team-a multi-client centre of excellence delivering operational monitoring capabilities and tooling solutions that drive business intelligence and service assurance. More ❯

Job Title: Platform Engineer Databricks Modernisation (DPS to CDP Migration) Role: 6 Months Rolling Contract Job Type: Hybrid/Remote Project Overview: The current system runs on a legacy Private Virtual Cloud (PVC) Databricks deployment, which is being phased out by late 2025. This project involves migrating pipelines and platform infrastructure running on PVC to the Databricks … a centralized automation framework, a multi-repository CI/CD system that governs infrastructure, notebooks, and microservices like Broker and Scheduler. Role Summary: We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to lead the infrastructure and CI/CD migration, build and promote Dockerized microservices, and enable a scalable deployment strategy using Terraform, GitLab, and Jenkins. Youll collaborate … Conduct dry-run deployments of pipelines and document repeatable steps for UAT, rollback, and live transition. Testing, QA, and Operational Readiness Enable comprehensive testing infrastructure for unit, integration, and platform-level tests using GitLab runners. Support end-to-end validation in development and production environments. Required Skills & Experience: 48 years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure More ❯

Google Platform Engineer with strong GCP DevOps, Jenkins and/or Harness pipeline automation, Terraform, Python, GKE Location: [London] | Hybrid/Remote Duration: [3-6 months initial, likely long term extension] We're looking for an experienced Google Platform Engineer to lead a key migration project moving our CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to Harness … . If you're passionate about automation, cloud native technologies and building scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) , we'd love to hear from you. What You'll Bring: CI/CD & DevOps Tooling Deep hands-on experience with Jenkins , including: Shared Libraries SonarQube & Nexus integration Docker builds and image publishing Google Artifact Registry (GAR) integration Infrastructure & Cloud More ❯

Platform Engineer (Contract) – Cleared AI Infrastructure Programme Contract | Inside IR35 | £750-£850/day | Hybrid/Secure Site | SC/DV Cleared | UK Nationals Only Contract Length: Initial 3-month engagement (rolling), part of a 6–9 month delivery plan We’re supporting a fast-moving UK-based AI software company delivering a major MOD-backed programme. They … re building a mission-critical AI capability for deployment in a secure environment and need platform engineers who thrive in complex, high-stakes settings. You’ll work on the cutting edge of DevSecOps, enabling LLM-backed systems to run without cloud dependencies on uncertain, low-spec hardware in some of the most demanding settings in the world. What You More ❯

Platform Engineer (Contract) About the Role You are a systems infrastructure expert with deep experience in cloud-native environments, container orchestration, and deployment pipelines. You are motivated by high-impact work, and you know how to deliver resilient systems in constrained, secure settings. You think in terms of environments, portability, and deployment surfaces and not just code. This … gapped deployments of AI applications. These systems need to operate on uncertain hardware, and without access to public cloud or external APIs. While we operate a production-scale SaaS platform, this project requires building leaner, mission-specific deployments rooted in the same tech foundations. You will work closely with a cross-functional team of frontend engineers, data scientists, backend More ❯

AWS Platform DevOps Engineer (SC & NPPV3) 6-month Contract Birmingham (Hybrid) £450-£500/day Outside IR35 We're looking for a DevOps Platform Engineer with strong AWS experience for a contract role, ideally starting in August 2025. The position requires travel to Birmingham 2-3 days per week. Active SC clearance (that has been used … and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security. Provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant. Experience with DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment , including automation experience with configuration management tools. Strong scripting skills (e.g., Shell, Python, PowerShell, Perl, JAVA) and automation skills. Thorough knowledge of Jenkins More ❯

Palo Alto XSOAR Platform Engineer - Banking Client - London, Paris, Amsterdam or Brussels 6-12 month contract Hybrid: 8 days onsite per month (mandatory) Rate: 500 - 800 per day Security Operations Engineer (SOAR)/CISO Platform Security Your main task will be to maintain the security orchestration and automation platform. This platform is used by the … security operation centre to manage security alerts. Our mission is to maintain and enrich this platform by integrating it with various tools. Depending on the domain and product these tasks can include: Day-2-day configuration updates to implement (customer) change requests following the clients formal change process. Check the compliance of the configuration and implementation against defined technical More ❯

Azure Cloud Platform Engineer The Company I am currently working in partnership with one of our key clients in the financial services sector and they are hiring for an Azure Cloud Platform Engineer. Their offices are based in Liverpool, but the role offers hybrid working. The Role In this role, you will be responsible for designing, implementing More ❯

Role Title: OaaS CDS Platform Engineer Duration: 6 month contract Location: Telford, Hybrid 2/3 days onsite Rate: up to £552 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Clearance required: Active SC Clearance is essential Role purpose/summary As a BOMS Monitoring Engineer, you will work within the Business Outcomes & Monitoring Solutions (BOMS) team-a multi More ❯

Role Title: OaaS CDS Platform Engineer Duration: 6 month contract Location: Telford, Hybrid 2/3 days onsite Rate: up to 552 p/d Umbrella inside IR35 Clearance required: Active SC Clearance is essential Role purpose/summary As a BOMS Monitoring Engineer, you will work within the Business Outcomes & Monitoring Solutions (BOMS) team-a multi More ❯

Job Title: Messaging & infrastructure Middleware platform engineer -Transport Layer ( unix, AMPS/Tibco EMS/Kafka) Contract: 12 Months Location: London (2 to 3 Days Onsite) Work Pattern: Full Time Rate: Highly Competitive for Suitable Candidates Are you a passionate infrastructure Middleware Support engineer ready to make an impact in the fast-paced financial industry? Our client … plus, but a strong eagerness to learn is just as valuable! What You'll Do: Implement new functionalities in a distributed, high-volume, low-latency, multi-threaded event processing platform using core Java technologies within a Linux/Unix environment. Engage in all aspects of the development lifecycle: from requirements discussions and development to testing, release, and support queries. More ❯

Job Title: Messaging & infrastructure Middleware platform engineer -Transport Layer ( unix, AMPS/Tibco EMS/Kafka) Contract: 12 Months Location: London (2 to 3 Days Onsite) Work Pattern: Full Time Rate: Highly Competitive for Suitable Candidates Are you a passionate infrastructure Middleware Support engineer ready to make an impact in the fast-paced financial industry? Our client … plus, but a strong eagerness to learn is just as valuable! What You'll Do: Implement new functionalities in a distributed, high-volume, low-latency, multi-threaded event processing platform using core Java technologies within a Linux/Unix environment. Engage in all aspects of the development lifecycle: from requirements discussions and development to testing, release, and support queries. More ❯

We are seeking a highly motivated AI Development Platform Engineer (Python) to join a dynamic Banking technology team based in Glasgow, United Kingdom . The successful candidate will contribute to the development and support of cutting-edge AI platforms that underpin innovative solutions across global financial services. Must have's Strong Python Programming Candidate can be assessed on More ❯

Role : Platform Software Engineer Location : Chester, 3 days per week on site required (NON-NEGOTIABLE) Duration : 12-month initial contract Rate : Via umbrella Join a global leader in financial services at the forefront of modernising commercial banking payment platforms. This is a senior role within a highly skilled engineering team delivering complex, distributed systems that process high-value … transactions daily. You'll work on mission-critical software that drives efficiency, security, and scalability across a major payments platform transformation. Position Summary: Develops, enhances, debugs, supports, maintains, and tests software applications supporting business units or operational functions, often involving diverse platforms, technologies, and tools. Participates in the design, development, and implementation of complex applications, frequently utilizing new or More ❯