Senior Platform Engineer

Skills

About the Role

You will build, evolve and maintain cloud platform infrastructure so it is secure, scalable, reliable and cost-effective. You will design AWS infrastructure with Terraform, manage Kubernetes environments, build CI/CD pipelines, deliver self-service capabilities through an internal developer platform such as Backstage, define observability standards, and mentor junior engineers while bridging development and operations.

Requirements

• 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering across AWS, GCP and Azure, including networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, BGP, OSPF) and IaaS/PaaS patterns
• 2+ years with IaC tools (Terraform or Ansible) and automation platforms (AWX, Ansible Tower, Terragrunt), scripting in Python, Bash or Go
• 2+ years designing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions or equivalent, with security best practices
• 2+ years of Kubernetes administration (EKS preferred, AKS, GKE), including RBAC, pod security, Istio and Docker
• Experience with developer portals (Backstage), artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus) and API gateways
• Hands-on experience with Honeycomb, Prometheus and Grafana
• Strong grasp of microservices architecture, Layer 2/3, MPLS, DNS, load balancing and traffic management
• Proficiency with Git, GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket

Responsibilities

• Design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructure and develop IaC solutions using Terraform
• Lead cloud technology evaluation and standardisation initiatives
• Build, optimise and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment
• Establish DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation
• Architect and manage Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE)
• Implement platform engineering tools to deliver self-service capabilities via an IDP such as Backstage
• Define and enforce monitoring, alerting and observability standards
• Foster collaboration between development and operations teams
• Mentor junior engineers and share knowledge across the team
• Write and maintain documentation

Benefits

• Flexible Benefits Package on top of salary (12%)
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life insurance
• Contribution to gym memberships
• 25 days holiday plus 1 birthday day off and 2 days for voluntary work (28 in total)
• Option to buy or sell holiday days
• Comprehensive global and local onboarding
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental pay and leave
• Hybrid working
• Networks, committees, awards, sports and social clubs, mentorships, volunteering opportunities