Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Ascendion
Job Description: We are seeking a PlatformEngineering Manager with a strong hands-on background in Java development and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). The ideal candidate will have a broad technical skillset across Java, Spring, MuleSoft, Kafka, and Oracle DB, and must be capable of leading platform stability efforts while contributing directly to development. Experience … in building scalable, resilient systems is critical. Knowledge of payment systems is a plus. Key Responsibilities: Lead a team of platform engineers in building and maintaining robust, high-performance systems. Take ownership of platform stability, reliability, scalability, and performance. Collaborate closely with product teams, infrastructure, and DevOps to address platform issues and implement improvements. Architect and develop … primarily using Java, Spring, Kafka, and Oracle. Implement best practices for observability, incident response, and operational excellence in line with SRE principles. Drive automation and self-healing mechanisms across platform components. Provide technical leadership and hands-on coding as needed. Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, conducting root cause analysis and driving long-term fixes. Required Skills & Experience: Experience More ❯
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Ascendion
Job Title: Platform Engineer/SRE Work Location: Bromley/Chester, UK (Hybrid – 3 days in a week) Job Description: We are seeking a Platform Engineer/SRE with a strong and diverse technical background. The ideal candidate will possess hands-on development experience along with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) expertise. This role requires a proactive individual … who can lead by example, address platform stability issues, and develop resilient and reliable systems. Key Responsibilities: Provide hands-on technical leadership in platformengineering initiatives. Ensure platform stability and resilience by identifying and resolving reliability issues. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable and robust system solutions. Key Skills Required: Strong development experience in … Java (primary skill). Site Reliability Engineering ( SRE ) experience. Proficiency with Kafka , Mule , and Oracle Database . Ability to work at a managerial level while remaining hands-on with technical tasks. Nice to Have: Knowledge of Payments systems . Banking/Financial domain experience. More ❯
warrington, cheshire, north west england, united kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
Anson McCade
Senior Platform Engineer Location: Manchester (hybrid, 3 days onsite) Salary: Up to £70,000 + Bonus Clearance Requirement: Candidates must be eligible for UK DV clearance We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join a high-impact team delivering mission-critical projects. You will work on secure, cutting-edge solutions that make a tangible difference, alongside … some of the brightest minds in technology. Technical Expertise Core tech stack: Terraform, AWS (preferred), Azure, CI/CD You will also bring experience in: 5+ years experience in platformengineering Programming in one or more languages: JavaScript, Java, .Net, Python Experience mentoring, coaching or managing others in the team Designing and building Proof of Concept and Production … Azure Containerisation: Docker, Kubernetes Machine Learning frameworks (AWS/Azure ML, TensorFlow) Relational, document, or graph databases Configuration management and deployment (Ansible) If you are a DV-clearable Senior Platform Engineer ready to make your expertise count in a challenging and rewarding environment, apply now. More ❯
warrington, cheshire, north west england, united kingdom
Lorien
application stacks are hardened against malicious attacks. Work with the Application Development teams and the Digital Technology business to deliver solutions that meet their emerging requirements. Work with the Engineering Managers and Architects to develop a set of Standard Operational Procedures that can be rolled out across the business and to third parties who need to work in our … cloud-based environments. Work with the Engineering teams to diagnose and support issues with infrastructure, pipelines or applications. Upgrade and maintain our internal application tooling Knowledge, Skills and Experience Background in Platform/OS engineering, both Linux and Windows experience is preferred. Experience using configuration management and infrastructure as code such as Ansible and Terraform Experience with More ❯
Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Ascendion
Role - Platform engineer Location - Chester, UK (3 days in office) We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer with a strong background in cloud-native technologies and containerized environments. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with OpenShift, Kubernetes, and service mesh technologies. Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure container platforms using OpenShift and … Kubernetes Implement and manage service mesh architectures (e.g., Istio, Linkerd, or similar) Support release engineering and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and services using Node.js Collaborate with DevOps teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and platform reliability More ❯