Infrastructure Engineer / Platform Architect

An opportunity for a DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer to play a key role in delivering and supporting mission-critical systems within a highly automated environment. You will take ownership of the infrastructure layer, ensuring systems are secure, scalable, resilient, and fully aligned to customer and project requirements. This role blends hands-on engineering with architectural design, working across the full lifecycle—from initial solution design through to deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimisation. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, delivery teams, support functions, and customer IT stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Architecture & Design
  • Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments
  • Define compute, storage, networking, virtualisation, and disaster recovery architectures
  • Produce technical documentation including solution designs, network diagrams, and sizing specifications
  • Align infrastructure designs with customer IT policies, security standards, and operational constraints
• DevOps & Deployment
  • Own and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support consistent, automated software delivery
  • Manage build, release, and deployment processes across development, staging, and production environments
  • Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent
  • Drive best practices for environment consistency, configuration management, and release governance
• Cyber Security & Compliance
  • Ensure infrastructure is secure by design, incorporating system hardening and access controls
  • Manage vulnerability remediation, patching strategies, and security updates
  • Embed security within the software delivery lifecycle (DevSecOps principles)
  • Support audits and ensure compliance with recognised frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials)
  • Lead incident response and root cause analysis for security and infrastructure-related events
• Monitoring, Reliability & Support
  • Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability across infrastructure and applications
  • Define SLAs/SLOs and ensure systems meet availability and performance requirements
  • Provide 3rd line support and escalation for complex infrastructure issues
  • Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, and reliability improvements
• Lifecycle & Maintenance
  • Manage patching cycles across operating systems, databases, and middleware
  • Maintain infrastructure inventory, documentation, and lifecycle roadmaps
  • Develop disaster recovery plans and operational runbooks
  • Ensure systems remain supportable, secure, and up to date throughout their lifecycle

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Strong experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering roles
• Expertise in Linux and Windows Server administration
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and version control (Git)
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
• Scripting/automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash)
• Knowledge of virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Understanding of networking concepts (VLANs, firewalls, VPNs) and enterprise storage
• Experience with databases and messaging systems (PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ)
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Strong understanding of cyber security best practices, patching, and vulnerability management
• Ability to produce clear technical documentation and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable

• Experience working in industrial, manufacturing, or logistics environments
• Knowledge of warehouse or automation systems and integrations (ERP, WMS, PLC/SCADA)
• Cloud experience (Azure) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with ITIL processes (incident, change, problem management)
• Relevant certifications (e.g., VMware, Security+, CISSP, Terraform)

Personal Attributes

• Strong ownership and accountability for delivering robust infrastructure solutions
• Pragmatic problem-solver with the ability to balance technical excellence and delivery timelines
• Effective communicator able to bridge software, infrastructure, and customer stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a project-driven, customer-facing environment
• Flexible approach with occasional travel and out-of-hours support for deployments

This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-availability systems where infrastructure is critical to operational success. You will play a central role in shaping DevOps practices, improving system reliability, and delivering high-quality solutions across a range of technically challenging environments.