Platform Engineer
20 days ago
Stockport
Location: Stockport / Hybrid Contract: 12 Months IR35: Inside IR35 Rate: Competitive day rate Working Pattern: Hybrid, with an expectation of around 2-3 days onsite initially and scope for greater flexibility once embedded Ocho is working with a client in Stockport who is looking for an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join their infrastructure engineering team on a 12-month contract. The immediate focus is a major on-premise to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) migration, so this role is particularly suited to someone with strong hands-on GCP experience alongside Kubernetes and Linux. This is a project-focused engineering role rather than a BAU support position. The team is responsible for designing and delivering new infrastructure and platform solutions, with long-term operational support handed over to a separate TechOps function once projects are complete. You will work as part of a small senior engineering team, typically 3-5 engineers per project, helping design, build and improve cloud and platform infrastructure across a range of initiatives. • Support the migration of infrastructure and workloads from on-premise environments into GCP, • Design, build and improve cloud and platform infrastructure, • Work extensively with Kubernetes across containerised environments, • Provision and manage infrastructure using Terraform and other automation tooling, • Apply strong Linux systems administration skills across platform environments, • Contribute to cloud architecture, platform design and technical governance, • Improve infrastructure scalability, reliability and maintainability, • Support automation and standardisation across cloud environments, • Work with networking, IAM, security and infrastructure configuration, • Collaborate with senior engineers, architects and technical stakeholders, • Produce clear technical documentation and support handover into TechOps, • Provide senior-level technical input and recommendations across infrastructure projects, • Strong commercial experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), • Previous experience working on cloud migration projects, ideally on-premise to GCP, • Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience, • Strong Linux systems administration skills, • Good experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, • Strong background in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering or DevOps, • Experience designing, building and improving production-grade infrastructure, • Good understanding of cloud networking, IAM and security principles, • Strong automation mindset, • Ability to work independently and take ownership of complex technical problems, • Comfortable operating in a senior engineering environment and making technical recommendations, • Helm, • AWS experience, • CI/CD tooling, • Monitoring and observability, • Cloud networking and VPC design, • Infrastructure architecture, • Governance and security best practices, • Experience simplifying or modernising complex infrastructure environments You will likely come from a Senior Platform Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer, Senior Cloud Engineer or Cloud Infrastructure Engineer background. The strongest candidates will have genuine hands‑on experience across: GCP + Kubernetes + Linux + Terraform You should be comfortable building and improving infrastructure rather than simply deploying applications into an existing platform. This role would suit someone who enjoys project-based engineering work, cloud migration and platform design without being tied into long-term BAU support. The interview process is straightforward and consists of: • Stage 1: 15-minute screening call, • Stage 2: 1-hour technical deep-dive with two senior engineers, • Stage 3: 15-minute final call with the Director of Systems Engineering, • Offer following successful completion of the final stage, • 12-month initial contract, • Inside IR35, • Stockport-based hybrid role, • Approximately 2-3 days onsite initially, • Potential for increased remote flexibility once onboarded, • Strong likelihood of extension, with contractor tenure potentially extending up to 36 months #J-18808-Ljbffr