DevOps Platform Engineer in City of Westminster

We are looking for a DevOps Infrastructure Specialist to help build, automate, and support modern cloud-native and hybrid platforms. You will work across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, IBM Cloud and Red Hat technologies, designing high-performing containerised environments using Kubernetes, Docker/CRI‑O, and Infrastructure as Code. You will collaborate closely with development, architecture, security, and SRE teams to deliver scalable, secure, and reliable platforms for modern applications. This role is open to engineers across mid‑level to senior/principal experience, with responsibilities scaling accordingly.

What You’ll Do

• Build, automate, and run container platforms using Kubernetes, Docker, and CRI‑O.
• Deploy and maintain infrastructure in multi‑cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud, Red Hat).
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Ansible, and cloud‑native IaC tools.
• Implement HA/DR strategies, load balancing, and hybrid networking solutions.
• Integrate monitoring, SLOs, and quality gates into CI/CD pipelines for resilient delivery.
• Administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters and support migrations onto container platforms.
• Work with architects and developers to improve platform automation, performance, and security.
• Depending on seniority, lead technical decisions, guide DevOps practices, and mentor engineers.

Required Technical Skills

• Containers & Orchestration
• Kubernetes cluster operations (deployments, scaling, security, networking, upgrades)
• Docker and CRI‑O runtime experience
• OpenShift administration and migration support
• Cloud & Hybrid Platforms
• Experience with at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) and familiarity with others
• Hybrid/on‑prem environments and legacy modernisation projects
• VPC/VNet design, IAM/identity management, hybrid connectivity
• Infrastructure as Code & Automation
• Terraform and/or Ansible for platform automation
• CloudFormation, ARM or other cloud IaC tooling
• CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Tekton)
• Observability & Reliability
• Monitoring and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor)
• HA/DR patterns, load balancing, and resilience engineering
• Understanding of SRE and GitOps practices
• Security & Compliance
• Platform security, configuration hardening, secrets governance, identity tooling
• Integrating security controls into pipelines (shift‑left/shift‑right)

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• A broad foundation across multiple domains such as systems administration, networking, security, or databases.
• Experience supporting production platforms (on‑call, incident response, root‑cause analysis).
• Hands‑on automation of security or compliance workflows (vulnerability remediation, scanning, policy‑as‑code).
• Experience bridging traditional infrastructure with cloud‑native and container platforms.
• Comfort collaborating across architecture, development, operations, and security.

This role is subject to pre‑employment screening in line with the UK Government's Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personal Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NVS) may apply, this could include meeting the eligibility requirements for The Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Benefits

• Tools and policies to support your work‑life balance from flexible working approaches, sabbatical programs, paid paternity leave, maternity leave and an innovative maternity returners scheme.
• More traditional benefits, such as 25 days holiday (in addition to public holidays), private medical, dental & optical cover, online shopping discounts, an Employee Assistance Program, life assurance and a group pension plan through salary sacrifice.