Platform Engineer - Portsmouth

Salary: £? - ? per year

• Strong experience in DevOps / Platform Engineering roles within enterprise or secure environments
• Proven expertise in CI/CD pipeline development and automation
• Proven expertise in Kubernetes and Docker
• Proven expertise in Bash / Linux / Python scripting
• Proven expertise in infrastructure automation and containerisation
• Experience working within DevSecOps practices including security scanning and compliance tooling
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of DevOps culture and modern engineering practices
• Experience supporting platform modernisation or legacy-to-modern migrations
• Desirable: Apache Kafka
• Desirable: AI/ML model integration within platform environments
• Desirable: Exposure to ITAR / defence / highly regulated systems
• Desirable: Experience operating in environments with multiple maturity levels across platforms
• Active SC Security Clearance required

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain CI/CD pipelines in a DevSecOps environment
• Drive automation across infrastructure, deployment, and platform operations
• Work hands‑on with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerised workloads
• Support and evolve platforms across AWS and Azure environments
• Implement secure development practices, including security scanning and compliance controls
• Contribute to platform modernisation and maturity uplift across two environments at different stages
• Operate within air‑gapped and restricted access environments, including ITAR and special access considerations
• Integrate and support AI/ML models within platform architecture
• Provide technical leadership while remaining hands‑on with delivery
• Lead technical direction and platform evolution
• Support and guide engineering teams
• Remain actively involved in hands‑on engineering delivery

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• Docker
• Support
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Python
• Security

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We are seeking a Platform Engineer / DevOps Specialist to join a highly secure and complex engineering environment, supporting the modernisation and maturity uplift of critical platforms operating across both AWS and Azure. This is a 6-month+ contract role based in Portsmouth on a hybrid basis, with two days on site every other week and the remainder remote. The rate is £558 per day, inside IR35. This is a hybrid engineering and leadership position with an approximate 60/40 split between hands‑on DevOps engineering and technical leadership, where we guide direction, lead platform evolution, and remain actively involved in delivery.