1 to 25 of 42 Contract Platform Engineering Jobs in the UK excluding London

DevOps Engineer (Platform Engineering & Security) Peterborough - 3 days per week onsite £500-£520 (Inside IR35) 6 Months Initial We're supporting a large enterprise organisation as they continue to invest in platform engineering, security automation and software delivery modernisation. This is an opportunity for an experienced … Senior DevOps Engineer to join a high-performing Platform Engineering team responsible for delivering secure, scalable and automated solutions across a complex technology estate. The role has a strong focus on DevSecOps, security automation, access governance, CI/CD engineering and operational excellence, making it an excellent ...

Months (Extensions Expected) The Opportunity We're supporting a major enterprise technology programme seeking an experienced Azure DevSecOps Engineer to take ownership of cloud platform, release management and deployment activities. This is a hands-on contract opportunity where you'll act as the technical lead for Azure DevOps … platform operations, helping drive secure software delivery, automation and operational excellence across a complex cloud environment. You'll work closely with development, infrastructure, security and testing teams to build and optimise CI/CD pipelines, improve release processes and ensure reliable, secure and scalable platform services. Why this ...

Senior Systems Engineer - Secure Digital Platform (SDP) Data & Integration Location: Reading - 3 days onsite/2 days remote Rate: £65-£71 per hour, inside IR35 Security Clearance: Active SC Clearance required Nationality: Sole British National required Contract: 6 Months + The Role We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems … Engineer to support a secure digital platform within a highly regulated defence and aerospace environment. You will be responsible for the design, implementation, operation, support and continuous improvement of enterprise infrastructure, cloud platforms and hosting services. The role provides technical leadership across hybrid environments, ensuring systems are secure, resilient ...

Role: Senior Cloud Platform Architect (Private Cloud) Location: Sheffield, UK(Hybrid, 2 days in a week) 6 Months contract Job description Responsibilities: Define and drive Private Cloud architecture aligned with Client Cloud Strategy Provide hands on technical leadership across virtualization containers Kubernetes, Kafka and microservices platforms Review architecture designs … ensure solutions are secure scalable resilient and cost effective Establish engineering standards reference architectures reusable patterns and platform guardrails Lead the design and evolution of private cloud platform components including compute storage networking orchestration and platform services Drive platform consistency across development testing and production ...

term contract and help build the data foundations behind the next generation of customer-facing analytics and AI products. This is a hands-on engineering role in a major cloud data platform programme, where youll help turn operational, telematics, customer and third-party data into trusted, reusable data … enjoy building robust data platforms, solving complex integration problems and shaping how data enables better products, this is an opportunity to do meaningful engineering work that will be reused across the Microlise product portfolio. What Youll Be Doing Make a visible impact on customer-facing analytics and AI Microlise ...

Google Cloud Platform Architect -Glasgow -Daily Rate - £450 via umbrella -6 months initially -ASAP Start Brand new contract opportunity to the market for a seasoned Google Cloud Platform Architect, working on a large-scale programme for our global client, based out of their Glasgow office. This role requires … responsibility is driving operational excellence by improving system reliability, scalability, performance, and observability. The role also involves evaluating new technologies and vendors, shaping cloud platform strategy, and contributing to the adoption of best practices in areas such as CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and cloud-native engineering. ...

Platform Engineer Contract Role | Inside IR35 Client: IBM - End client Banking Work Pattern: Hybrid (client site attendance required as needed, Swindon) Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35) Overview IBM is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to support the development, automation, and optimisation of modern cloud-based data platforms. … successful contractor will play a key role in designing and maintaining scalable infrastructure, enabling efficient software delivery through DevOps practices, and supporting data engineering teams with robust platform capabilities. This role requires a strong technical background across cloud technologies, infrastructure as code, automation, CI/CD pipelines, data ...

Software Engineering Lead - Digital Engineering Location: Reading - Hybrid (minimum 50% onsite) Rate: £70-£80 per hour, Inside IR35 Contract: 6-month rolling contract Clearance: Active SC clearance mandatory; DV clearance highly desirable Eligibility: Sole UK Nationals only The Opportunity We are looking for an experienced Project Engineer - Digital … Engineering/Software Engineering to support the technical delivery of complex Software Factory projects across sensitive MOD, Defence and aerospace programmes . This is a hands-on technical delivery role, acting as the key interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management. You will coordinate technical activities, manage ...

public sector digital consultancy, positively influencing the lives of over forty million UK citizens. We bring deep expertise in agile delivery, digital transformation, and platform engineering across central government. With a team of over one hundred and twenty-five professionals - more than forty percent of whom are women … working closely with delivery managers, business analysts, testers, technical stakeholders and other developers to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality CRM and Power Platform solutions. Key Deliverables Provide technical leadership across D365 and Power Platform development activities. Understand and assess existing CRM systems and identify opportunities ...

Technical Delivery Manager Digital Software Engineering Reading HQ 3-4 days a week onsite **Active SC Clearance is mandatory** Up to £80.55 p/h Inside IR35 Im currently looking for an experienced security cleared Technical Delivery Manager to support the technical delivery of software engineering and digital … engineering projects within a highly regulated UK Defence & Aerospace environment. This is a great opportunity for someone who can bridge the gap between engineering teams and project/delivery management, providing technical leadership, coordinating engineering activity and driving projects through to successful delivery. What were looking ...

Architect/Engineer/Lead Engineer/Senior Staff Engineer (or equivalent) in large-scale, regulated, enterprise environments. Strong background in private cloud/platform engineering, including solid depth in at least two of: Virtualisation technologies (eg, VMware or equivalent), Containers & Kubernetes (cluster operations, upgrades, networking, multi-tenancy … policy), Kafka/event streaming platforms (architecture, operations, governance) Strong engineering fundamentals: distributed systems, networking concepts, performance tuning, fault tolerance and capacity planning. Automation mindset with experience in Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD practices (tooling can vary). Strong operational and risk awareness: security controls, change management ...

secure, resilient, scalable, and developer-friendly. Key Responsibilities Architectural Strategy & Standards: Define the private cloud roadmap aligned with broader enterprise goals. Establish reference architectures, engineering standards, reusable design patterns, and platform guardrails. Kubernetes Platform Leadership: Own the end-to-end Kubernetes ecosystem, including cluster topology, multi-tenancy … workload onboarding. Event-Driven Architecture: Direct the adoption and governance of Apache Kafka, covering partitioning strategies, schema management, resilience patterns, capacity planning, and security. Platform Engineering & Automation: Drive GitOps, IaC, and CI/CD standardization. Enhance developer experience by creating self-service golden paths, developer portals, and automated ...

public sector digital consultancy, positively influencing the lives of over forty million UK citizens. We bring deep expertise in agile delivery, digital transformation, and platform engineering across central government. With a team of over one hundred and twenty-five professionals - more than forty percent of whom are women … Connect the Classroom Purpose: Support the development and rebuild of the service. Key Activities: Rebuild and development of the service on the newest CRM platform to established standards. Airelogic Role: Provide developer and testing support 5. Data Team Purpose: Build strategic data environments and taxonomies linked to CRM. ...

Damia Group is working with a leading global financial services organisation to recruit an experienced Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Platform Provisioning Engineer for a major cloud transformation programme. This is an exciting opportunity to join a next-generation multi-cloud engineering team , responsible for building and evolving … enterprise cloud platform spanning GCP, AWS, Azure and on-premise environments . The successful candidate will have a strong GCP background and play a key role in cloud platform provisioning, infrastructure automation, Kubernetes engineering and AI-assisted DevOps . Key Responsibilities Design, implement and maintain cloud platform ...

Data Platform Engineer - 6 Month Contract (Outside IR35) - £375/400 Per Day I'm working with a leading organisation looking to hire a Data Platform Engineer on a 6 month contract, working Outside IR35. The role requires someone with a blend of skills across Data using … Fabric, alongside some Platform/DevOps skills within Terraform and GitHub etc. Key Skills for the Data Platform Engineer role: Data Platform Engineering experience Microsoft Fabric Terraform GitHub/GitHub Actions Power BI/SQL Server (Nice to have) The role will operate primarily ...

Role: Cloud/Platform Engineer Location: Manchester or London - 1-2 days/week onsite (Hybrid) Length: 6 months initial contract Day Rate: £625+ per day (DoE) IR35: Inside IR35 Start Date: ASAP We are looking for an experienced Cloud/Platform Engineer to support our client … designing, building, and evolving their cloud-based innovation platform, enabling the rapid development and deployment of modern technology solutions. This role will focus on engineering secure, scalable, and reusable cloud platforms that support innovation initiatives across the business. You will work closely with Architecture, Security, and Product teams ...

experienced Software Project Engineer to support the technical delivery of Software Factory projects and initiatives. You will act as the key technical interface between engineering teams and Delivery Management, coordinating technical activities, managing risks and dependencies, and providing technical leadership throughout the project lifecycle. Please note … sensitive nature of the work, candidates must already hold a high level of UK Security Clearance . Key Responsibilities Coordinate technical activities across engineering teams and stakeholders. Manage project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and technical interfaces. Support project plans, technical roadmaps, reporting, and forecasting. Provide technical leadership and first ...

operate resilient, cloud-native infrastructure that underpins some of the UK's most sensitive environments. The Opportunity Working as part of a highly skilled engineering team, you'll develop and support modern platforms using automation, cloud technologies and Infrastructure-as-Code. You'll play a key role in creating … opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies on projects where reliability, innovation and security are paramount. What You'll Bring Strong software engineering experience using languages such as Java, Python or C# Hands-on experience with modern DevOps tooling, including CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins or GitLab ...

high-profile technical environment based onsite in Basingstoke . You will provide senior-level technical expertise across Linux infrastructure, DevOps tooling, automation and platform engineering. The role will suit someone who is comfortable operating as a technical authority, solving complex infrastructure problems and working closely with engineering, development … development and continuous improvement of DevOps processes and tooling. Automate infrastructure, configuration and operational processes wherever possible. Troubleshoot and resolve complex Linux, infrastructure and platform issues. Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling. Support infrastructure-as-code and configuration management practices. Contribute to platform resilience ...

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer-SC Security Clearance Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, ideally with current SC Security Clearance, is needed to work with our central government client within their cloud workstream to deliver cloud services and capabilities aligned to the authorities 3-year Digital, Technology, and Cyber Security Strategies. … work across Azure infrastructure, cloud migration, DevSecOps and platform engineering, helping to build landing zones, deploy and optimise cloud services, develop CI/CD pipelines and implement Infrastructure as Code. Senior Cloud Platform Engineer-SC Security Clearance-Essential Experience Proven experience in Build and Migration of Applications ...

Edinburgh or Glasgow required Contract: 12-months with possible extensions Day rate: Outside ir35 £450-£500 p/d Join a cross-functional engineering environment where youll help strengthen software development capability, improve delivery and reduce technical and operational risk. Work across multiple product and enablement teams, providing practical … coaching, technical guidance and support to embed secure, resilient and maintainable engineering practices. What Youll Do Coach multiple agile teams to improve engineering capability, delivery effectiveness and technical decision-making. Identify and reduce technical debt, security, resilience and knowledge-concentration risks. Promote pragmatic engineering standards, automation ...

days per week onsite Start Date: ASAP Duration: 12 months Rate: £550 per day, inside IR35 Reference: 20735 The Infrastructure as a Service Engineering group is responsible for designing, implementing, integrating, and maintaining large scale global physical and virtual server infrastructure. The team evaluates, certifies, integrates, and supports … patterns and provide backend integrations that translate desired state into reliable production outcomes. We are seeking a skilled and experienced engineer to join the Platform Engineering team. This role will focus on integrating, testing, securing, and improving multiple infrastructure codebases, with a particular emphasis on vulnerability remediation, code ...

VIQU have partnered with an NHS organisation who are looking for a DevOps Engineer to support the development and improvement of their Azure-based platform and application delivery environment. This is a hands on DevOps Engineer role, working across CI/CD, automation and cloud platform configuration, with … strong emphasis on Microsoft technologies, including Power Platform and .NET-based applications. The successful DevOps Engineer will play a key role in improving deployment processes, platform reliability and application lifecycle management across a modern cloud environment. Responsibilities Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Terraform ...

Description: Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills: Formal training or certification on Platform Engineering concepts Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods (CI/CD) Practical cloud-native experience across private cloud VSI and Kubernetes, including … operational tasks Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Certifications a plus - CKA, CKAD, AWS (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) Private cloud VSI vs. Kubernetes platform experience - provisioning, deploying, and operating workloads on Virtual Server Instances alongside container orchestration platforms Load balancing - L4/L7 load balancers, traffic distribution, and high ...

extension - early stage programme) Rate: 82.50ph UMB (Inside IR35) Active SC clearance required. Role details: We are looking for an SC Cleared Software Engineering Manager to support our defence client on an exciting programme in the early stages. This contract role is offered on a hybrid basis, with approximately … onsite working, and is initially scheduled to run until March 2027 with a strong possibility of extension. Key Responsibilities: Coordinate technical activities across software engineering teams and key stakeholders Monitor project delivery, technical risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies Support the development and management of project plans, technical roadmaps ...