About this role
Salary: £130,000 - 143,000 per year
Requirements: Strong hands-on platform engineering experienceExperience with Red Hat OpenShiftExperience with KubernetesBackground in platform engineering and infrastructure engineeringExperience with enterprise infrastructure deploymentsExperience with AnsibleExperience with infrastructure automationExperience with enterprise networkingExperience with bare metal infrastructureExperience with private cloud environmentsExperience supporting large-scale infrastructure transformation projectsExperience working within enterprise-scale environmentsAbility to quickly become productive within an established engineering teamComfortable working in fast-moving delivery teamsAble to solve complex infrastructure challenges Responsibilities: Build and deploy a new enterprise hosting platform based on Red Hat OpenShiftSupport a large-scale infrastructure transformation programmeWork closely with architects, platform engineers and delivery teamsHelp improve platform scalability, resilience and operational efficiencyContribute to infrastructure automation and platform engineering best practicesSupport ongoing platform enhancements as the environment continues to evolve Technologies: AnsibleCloudSupportKubernetesOpenShiftDevOps More:
We are a leading UK technology and communications organisation undergoing a major infrastructure transformation programme. We are building a brand-new internal hosting platform based on Red Hat OpenShift and are looking for an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to join our highly skilled engineering team. This is an initially 6-month hybrid role based in Manchester or Knowsley, with 2 days onsite and 3 days remote each week. The position is inside IR35 and offers the opportunity to help modernise enterprise infrastructure while working alongside architects, platform engineers and delivery teams on a next-generation private cloud platform supporting critical business services.
last updated 30 week of 2026