Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer

Full-Time 60000 - 80000 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
Role, Inc.

At a Glance

  • Tasks: Design and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure using Terraform and automation.
  • Company: Join a forward-thinking tech company focused on innovation and collaboration.
  • Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, health perks, remote work options, and growth opportunities.
  • Other info: Dynamic team environment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
  • Why this job: Make an impact by enabling data platforms and optimising cloud services.
  • Qualifications: Experience with Terraform, Azure, SQL, and strong scripting skills required.

The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.

Role Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Dev Ops Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and high‑performing cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure.

This role is heavily focused on enabling data platforms—including Databricks, Event Hubs, and Azure Storage—through infrastructure-as-code, automation, and modern Dev Ops practices.

You will work closely with engineering, data, and platform teams to streamline deployment pipelines, ensure reliability of data services, and support both real‑time and batch data workloads.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure solutions using
  • Terraform

(Infrastructure-as-Code).

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for applications and data platforms.
  • Deploy and support Azure-native data services including
  • Azure Databricks ,
  • Azure Event Hubs ,

Azure Storage (ADLS Gen2, Blob) .

  • Manage and optimize
  • SQL‑based systems

(Azure SQL / Postgre SQL / related platforms).

  • Automate operational tasks using

Bash scripting and other scripting tools.

  • Administer and maintain

Linux-based environments .

  • Monitor system performance, reliability, and costs; implement improvements and optimizations.
  • Ensure security, compliance, and governance across all Azure resources.
  • Work with development and data engineering teams to enable Dev Ops best practices.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and ensure high availability of critical systems.
  • Support real‑time data pipelines and streaming architectures.
  • Required Skills & Experience
  • Core Technical Skills
  • Strong hands‑on experience with
  • Terraform

(mandatory).

Microsoft Azure

(core services + networking + security).

• Experience with data-centric platforms

  • Azure Databricks ,
  • Azure Event Hubs ,

Azure Storage (ADLS Gen2 / Blob) .

  • Proficiency in
  • SQL

(querying, performance tuning, data workflows).

  • Strong
  • Python and

Bash scripting skills.

  • Solid experience with

Linux system administration .

  • Exposure to containerization ( Docker , Kubernetes).
  • Knowledge of security best practices in Azure (RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault).
  • Dev Ops & Engineering Practices
  • CI/CD tools ( Git Lab , Git Hub, Azure Dev Ops, or similar).
  • Version control systems ( Git ).
  • Infrastructure automation and configuration management.
  • Monitoring, logging, and alerting tools like

Datadog , Splunk, etc.

  • Nice to Have
  • Development experience with streaming data architectures and event-driven systems.
  • Familiarity with data lake / Lakehouse based big data systems and architectures.
  • Experience in high-throughput, low-latency environments.

Career Stage

Senior Associate

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law.

Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

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We think you need these skills to ace Platform Engineer

Terraform
Microsoft Azure
Azure Databricks
Azure Event Hubs
Azure Storage (ADLS Gen2, Blob)
SQL
Python