Platform Engineer
3 days ago
Gloucester
Platform Engineer DV leading to eDVCheltenham Hybrid£100,000+ basic salary + bonus + benefits Platform Engineer required to join a rapidly growing UK technology organisation developing highly secure, scalable and automated platforms for some of the UK's most demanding technical environments. This is a genuinely hands-on engineering role sitting across Platform Engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Infrastructure and Software Delivery. You will be working with modern cloud-native technologies to design, build and maintain resilient platforms, automate infrastructure and deployment processes and help engineering teams deliver software securely and efficiently. The environment is highly technical, fast-moving and low on unnecessary bureaucracy, with the opportunity to work on complex projects where security, performance and reliability genuinely matter. Package • £100,000+ basic salary, • Discretionary bonus, • Benefits package, • Hybrid working Cheltenham, • Training and professional certification opportunities, • Exposure to modern Cloud, Platform Engineering and secure technology environments, • There is flexibility above the advertised salary for particularly strong individuals with the right technical background and clearance. What you'll be doing • Designing, building and maintaining secure cloud-native platforms, • Developing automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and operational workflows, • Building and improving CI/CD pipelines, • Implementing Infrastructure-as-Code, • Working extensively with Kubernetes / containerised environments, • Embedding security throughout engineering and software delivery processes, • Supporting modern DevSecOps practices, • Improving platform resilience, scalability and observability, • Working across software engineering, infrastructure and security teams, • Supporting developer platforms and improving the overall developer experience, • Working within highly secure / regulated technical environments What we're looking forStrong experience across several of the following: • AWS / Cloud Platforms, • Kubernetes, • Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code, • CI/CD, • DevOps / DevSecOps, • Platform Engineering, • Docker / Containers, • Automation / Configuration Management, • Linux, • Cloud-native architecture, • Security tooling / secure software delivery, • Experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) or developer enablement platforms would be particularly interesting., • Exposure to tools or concepts including Coder, SAST, DAST, SBOM generation, vulnerability scanning or policy-as-code would also be advantageous., • AWS certification at Associate level or above would be beneficial but is not essential where the practical experience is strong., • Experience working within high-security, government, defence, national security or similarly regulated environments would obviously be advantageous., • Clearance: Due to the nature of the projects, candidates must hold current active eDV security clearance, or at a minimum DV clearance with willingness to undergo eDV. If you are an experienced Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer / Cloud Engineer with active DV or eDV clearance and would like to work on genuinely complex, cutting-edge secure technology, please apply or contact me directly for further information. All the best, Charlie SyrettRichmond Square Consulting Ltd JBRP1_UKTJ