At a Glance
- Tasks: Build and operate secure AWS cloud environments and develop modern Kubernetes platforms.
- Company: Join one of the UK's largest Platform Engineering growth programmes.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities for career progression.
- Other info: Collaborate with top engineers in a dynamic environment focused on innovation.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on digital services used by millions every day.
- Qualifications: Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD tooling required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
South West England Bristol, Cheltenham 6 days per month in office. SC Clearance eligibility required £75,000 - £90,000 + excellent benefits.
We are supporting one of the UK's largest Platform Engineering growth programmes, delivering secure, cloud-native platforms that underpin critical digital services used by millions every day. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled engineering community working across some of the UK's most complex and innovative cloud environments. You will support development teams to build, deploy and operate modern applications at enterprise scale. You will remain hands-on with technology whilst influencing engineering standards, enhancing developer experience and evolving platform capabilities.
Key Responsibilities- Build and operate secure AWS cloud environments and landing zones.
- Develop modern Kubernetes platforms using EKS and cloud-native tooling.
- Create reusable Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Support Internal Developer Platforms and self-service engineering capabilities.
- Build and improve CI/CD pipelines and automation.
- Implement observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry.
- Support reliability engineering initiatives including SLOs, SLIs and incident response improvements.
- Collaborate with architects, security teams and software engineers to resolve complex technical challenges.
- Contribute to engineering standards, best practises and platform evolution.
We are looking for candidates with experience across several of the following:
- AWS
- Kubernetes (EKS preferred)
- Terraform or Infrastructure as Code
- CI/CD tooling
- GitOps approaches such as ArgoCD or Flux
- Prometheus, Grafana or OpenTelemetry
- DevSecOps practises
- Platform Engineering concepts
- Site Reliability Engineering principles
- FinOps and cloud cost optimisation
We would particularly like to hear from engineers with experience in:
- Enterprise-scale cloud environments
- Highly regulated industries
- Financial services, telecoms, retail, defence or public sector environments
- Cloud migration and modernisation programmes
- Supporting large engineering communities
- Work on genuinely large-scale digital services impacting millions of users.
- Join an established engineering community with strong technical standards.
- Solve complex cloud engineering challenges using modern tooling and approaches.
- Gain exposure to some of the UK's largest cloud estates.
- Remain hands-on whilst progressing towards Lead and Principal Engineering roles.
Senior Platform Engineer employer: SF Partners Admin
Join a leading platform engineering team in South West England, where you'll work on transformative cloud-native solutions that serve millions daily. With a strong emphasis on employee growth, you will have the opportunity to advance your career while collaborating with a skilled community dedicated to innovation and excellence. Enjoy a supportive work culture that values hands-on experience and offers excellent benefits, including flexible working arrangements and the chance to tackle complex engineering challenges.
