At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and operate cutting-edge gateway infrastructure while developing Go-based control-plane services.
- Company: Join a leading banking/financial firm in Glasgow with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive daily rate, hands-on experience, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Exciting chance to work on high-volume, resilient infrastructure services.
- Why this job: Make an impact in a dynamic environment with advanced technologies and collaborative teams.
- Qualifications: 8+ years in tech, strong Go skills, and experience with Kubernetes and API gateways.
The predicted salary is between 51750 - 63250 £ per year.
Contract Inside IR35
Location: Glasgow, Scotland - 5 Days onsite
Banking/Financial Experience is Mandatory
No Sponsorship provided
Budget: £425/Day - £450/Day Inside IR35
Required Skills:
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent with 8+ years of industry experience
- 5+ years hands-on experience with Envoy Proxy (xDS/ADS, ext_authz, HTTP/2, gRPC, WebSocket) and/or Kong API Gateway (plugin development, DB-less mode, Admin API)
- Strong Go development skills - control-plane services, gRPC APIs, Kubernetes controllers (client-go), concurrency patterns
- Production Kubernetes experience (EKS and/or on-prem clusters) - Helm charts, HPA, PodDisruptionBudgets, NetworkPolicy, namespace isolation, ArgoCD GitOps
- Deep understanding of OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / PKCE flows, DPoP sender-constrained tokens, mTLS, and session management patterns
- Experience with OPA (Open Policy Agent) policy authoring in Rego and sidecar deployment patterns
- Hands-on with OpenTelemetry (traces, metrics, logs), Dynatrace, and Splunk SIEM integration
- Working knowledge of CDN/WAF platforms (Akamai Ion, Kona, Cloudflare) and WAF-as-code automation
- Experience with PostgreSQL (HA, connection pooling, PITR) and Kafka (MSK, Schema Registry, DLQ patterns)
- Familiarity with DNS steering (GeoDNS, Akamai GTM, health-check routing) and TLS certificate lifecycle (cert-manager, HSM/KMS)
- Strong CS fundamentals - networking (L3-L7), distributed systems, data structures & algorithms
- Experience building high-volume, low-latency, resilient infrastructure services
Nice to have:
- TypeScript/React experience for operator dashboard development
- AWS infrastructure experience (EKS, MSK, Lambda, Direct Connect, Network Firewall)
- Bitbucket Pipelines CI/CD and GitOps delivery workflows
- Experience with CAEP (Continuous Access Evaluation Protocol) or similar session revocation mechanisms
- Background in identity platforms (ForgeRock, SAML federation, token exchange patterns)
Job Description:
Day-to-day responsibilities:
- Design, build and operate Envoy and Kong gateway infrastructure serving production traffic across multiple lines of business
- Develop Go-based control-plane services - Ingress Registry, xDS controllers, Session Manager, Context Propagator
- Implement and maintain OPA policy bundles for coarse-grained authorization at the gateway layer
- Build and extend OpenTelemetry instrumentation pipelines (OTel Collector, Dynatrace OTLP ingest, Splunk SIEM forwarding)
- Manage GitOps-driven deployments via ArgoCD and Helm across multi-cluster Kubernetes environments
- Automate WAF rule management across Akamai and Cloudflare using WAF-as-code patterns
- Contribute to the platform operator console (TypeScript/React) for route management, drift detection, and session visibility
- Collaborate with LOB teams to onboard routes and migrate traffic from legacy ingress infrastructure
- Participate in incident response, runbook development, and production readiness reviews
- Champion software engineering best practices - code review, testing, documentation, and observability-first design
Platform Engineer in Glasgow employer: Evantis Consulting
Evantis Consulting is an excellent employer for Java Developers, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration and innovation within the banking tech sector. With hybrid work arrangements and a strong focus on career growth, employees are encouraged to develop their skills while contributing to high-performance projects that meet regulatory standards. The supportive environment and commitment to Agile methodologies make it a rewarding place for professionals seeking meaningful employment in financial services.
We think you need these skills to ace Platform Engineer in Glasgow
Envoy Proxy
Kong API Gateway
Go Development
Kubernetes
OAuth 2.0
Open Policy Agent (OPA)
OpenTelemetry
