At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and enhance our Kubernetes infrastructure while solving complex technical challenges.
- Company: Join Sinara, a leading software house in the heart of London.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, hybrid working, training support, and a friendly environment.
- Other info: Flexible working hours and excellent career growth opportunities await you.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on cloud platforms using cutting-edge AWS and Kubernetes technologies.
- Qualifications: 5 years of experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and cloud-native applications.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Years
Experience: 5 years in relevant experience
- Job
- Type: Permanent, Full-Time
- Working
- Pattern: Monday to Friday
- Start
- Date: ASAP
About the role
As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the management, reliability, performance, and continuous improvement of our Kubernetes infrastructure.
You’ll play a key role in operating and enhancing our Kubernetes environments, containerised workloads, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
This is a hands‑on role suited to someone who enjoys solving complex technical challenges, improving platform resilience, and enabling development teams to deliver software efficiently and securely.
About you
- Strong experience administering and supporting AWS cloud environments.
- Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
- Strong understanding of container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience managing cloud‑native applications and microservices architectures.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Cloud Formation.
- Knowledge of CI/CD platforms and deployment automation.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or similar.
- Good understanding of Linux systems administration.
- Experience troubleshooting complex application and infrastructure issues.
- Knowledge of networking principles including DNS, load balancing, firewalls, and TLS/SSL.
- Experience working within Dev Ops or Site Reliability Engineering practices.
- Experience with Amazon EKS.
- Exposure to Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Azure Dev Ops, or Jenkins.
- Knowledge of security best practices within AWS and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Helm, Argo CD, or other Git Ops tooling.
- Familiarity with Postgre SQL, My SQL, or other database technologies.
- Experience supporting Saa S platforms.
- AWS certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect or AWS Sys Ops Administrator.
- Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, or similar).
What we offer
- Hybrid office/home working arrangement
- Central London location: Bermondsey office, 5 minutes from London Bridge Station.
- Training and certification support.
- Opportunity to influence the future direction of our cloud platform.
- Exposure to modern AWS and Kubernetes technologies.
- Friendly and collaborative working environment.
• Other Benefits
- Company pension and pension salary sacrifice options
- Income Protection Insurance
- Working hours
Full‑time, 37.5 hours per week. We are currently working on a flexible hybrid workplace basis.
About Sinara
Sinara is a well‑established London‑based software house providing software development services and software products to exchanges, financial institutions and market data vendors.
We combine strong technical expertise with a pragmatic, flexible approach to deliver and support business‑critical IT systems.
We are based just south of Tower Bridge and are well located in the thriving Bermondsey district with excellent transport links including quick and easy access to London Bridge.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or relationship status.
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Platform Engineer employer: Sinara Consultants
Sinara is an excellent employer for Platform Engineers, offering a hybrid working arrangement in the vibrant Bermondsey area of London, just minutes from London Bridge Station. With a strong focus on employee growth through training and certification support, a friendly and collaborative work culture, and the opportunity to influence the future of our cloud platform, we provide a rewarding environment for those looking to tackle complex technical challenges while enjoying competitive benefits.
