About this role
Salary: £90,000 - 110,000 per year
Requirements: Strong experience across several of the following areas: AWS cloud platformsKubernetes, ideally EKS, AKS or OpenShiftTerraform or Infrastructure as Code (IaC)CI/CD automationGitOps tools such as ArgoCD or FluxInternal Developer Platforms or self-service engineeringObservability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, ELK, Datadog, Dynatrace or New RelicDevSecOps and supply-chain securitySRE practises, SLOs, SLIs and incident managementPlatform governance, cloud standards or landing zonesFinOps and cost optimisationExperience working in large-scale enterprise, financial services, telecoms, retail, defence, public sector, travel, media or other highly regulated environmentsSecurity Clearance: SC cleared or SC eligible required Responsibilities: Design, build and improve secure cloud platforms, internal developer platforms and reusable engineering capabilities across complex client environmentsDesign secure multi-account AWS landing zones and cloud platformsBuild internal developer platforms and self-service capabilitiesDesign and operate production-grade Kubernetes platforms, including EKS, AKS or OpenShiftDefine engineering standards, golden paths, reusable modules and platform patternsBuild observability strategies using Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry and modern APM toolingImprove reliability through SLOs, incident reviews and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practisesEmbed DevSecOps, supply-chain security and secure CI/CD practisesDrive cloud-native modernisation and legacy transformationSupport FinOps and cloud optimisation across large estatesLead design reviews, technical workshops and mentor engineersCollaborate closely with architects, engineering teams and senior stakeholders to solve complex platform challenges Technologies: AWSArgoCDCI/CDCloudDatadogDevSecOpsDynatraceELKGitOpsGrafanaSupportKubernetesOpenTelemetryOpenShiftPrometheusSecurityTerraformArchitectDevOps More:
We are supporting a major Platform Engineering growth programme delivering secure, cloud-native platforms across some of the UKs largest and most complex technology environments. These platforms underpin critical digital services used at a national scale, supporting modern engineering teams working across cloud, data, security, automation and public sector transformation. This opportunity is aimed at experienced Platform Engineers, Technical Leads, Principal Engineers and strong Platform SMEs who have operated at scale and wish to influence how large organisations build, deploy and operate software. You will remain hands-on while having genuine influence over platform direction, engineering standards, governance, reliability and developer experience. We offer a salary of £90,000 - £110,000 plus benefits, with UK-wide hybrid working and offices in Bristol, Woking, Worthing and St Pauls London. The role requires up to 6 days per month in the office and SC clearance or SC eligibility.
last updated 29 week of 2026