About this role
Salary: £54,000 - 60,900 per year
Requirements: Strong commercial experience with Microsoft Azure and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), which is essentialExperience with Kubernetes platform engineering in production environmentsExperience with Terraform and Infrastructure as CodeExperience with Docker, GitOps and CI/CD pipelinesExperience with Linux and Bash scriptingExperience with Grafana, Prometheus and OpenTelemetryExperience with Kubernetes networking and service mesh technologiesExperience operating, troubleshooting and automating production platformsExperience owning technical implementation decisions rather than simply delivering against architectural designsConfidence working independently on complex engineering challengesExcellent communication and stakeholder engagement skillsExperience supporting, coaching or influencing engineering teams to adopt modern cloud engineering practicesA collaborative approach to working alongside architects while retaining ownership of technical deliveryExperience with Cilium, Istio, ArgoCD or Flux, Kafka or Redpanda, Helm and Kustomize, Python automation, or Policy as Code tools such as OPA/Gatekeeper or Kyverno is advantageous Responsibilities: Build, operate and continually enhance Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Take ownership of technical implementation decisions and platform engineering best practiceDesign, build and manage Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as CodeDevelop and maintain GitOps CI/CD pipelinesManage Kubernetes networking, service mesh and gateway technologiesImprove platform observability using Grafana, Prometheus and OpenTelemetryMaintain platform security, resilience and automationTroubleshoot production platform issues and drive continuous improvementWork closely with architects to turn high-level designs into robust technical solutionsSupport and mentor engineering teams in adopting modern Azure and cloud-native engineering practices Technologies: AIArgoCDAzureBashCI/CDCloudDockerGitOpsGrafanaHelmIstioSupportKafkaKubernetesKustomizeLinuxOpenTelemetryPrometheusPythonSecurityTerraformAWSDevOps More:
We are a prestigious organisation offering a 12-month fixed-term Platform Engineer role in a hybrid London setup, with two days per week in the office. We offer a salary of up to £61,000, an exceptional pension scheme, generous holiday allowance, excellent annual leave entitlement, and long-term career development on a greenfield strategic transformation programme. You will join a collaborative, high-performing engineering team and help shape a modern Azure and Kubernetes cloud-native platform supporting AI, automation and integration services across a large enterprise environment.
last updated 32 week of 2026