Job Title: Platform Engineering Lead / Platform Architect
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Location: London, UK
Type: Permanent / FTE
Mode: Hybrid – 4 days onsite (mandatory)
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineering Lead / Platform Architect to lead the go-live, production readiness, and ongoing operation of a modern banking platform built on AWS and Kubernetes.
The role combines hands-on platform engineering, technical leadership, architecture governance, security, and production operations. The successful candidate will lead a small platform engineering team, establish engineering standards, ensure platform reliability and security, and collaborate with central engineering teams, security stakeholders, and third-party technology vendors.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and mentor a small Platform Engineering team, managing priorities, reviewing technical designs and pull requests, and supporting recruitment and onboarding.
- Own platform go-live and production readiness, including disaster recovery testing, penetration testing, and vulnerability remediation.
- Manage and improve AWS, Amazon EKS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps environments.
- Establish platform reliability practices, operational runbooks, incident response procedures, and continuous improvement standards.
- Manage secure vendor connectivity, including private integrations, mTLS, PKI, certificate lifecycle, identity, and network security.
- Define and document Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and present technical decisions to architecture review boards and governance stakeholders.
- Establish secure, auditable CI/CD pipelines, deployment promotion standards, and release gates in collaboration with central engineering teams.
- Manage engineering backlogs, delivery reporting, cost estimates, and risk identification using Jira.
- Support delivery partners with onboarding new services onto the platform while ensuring compliance with architecture, security, and operational standards.
- Encourage the adoption of AI-assisted engineering tools to improve developer productivity and engineering workflows.
Must Have:
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS in enterprise or production environments.
- Expertise in Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), GitOps, and CI/CD pipelines. xgikmsk
- Proven experience as a Platform Engineering Lead, Platform Architect, or Senior Platform Engineer with technical leadership responsibilities.
Platform Engineering Lead employer: Vbeyond Careers
As a leading employer in the data solutions sector, we offer an inspiring work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our Snowflake Architects benefit from extensive professional growth opportunities, competitive compensation, and a supportive environment that values expertise and creativity. Located in a vibrant city, our team enjoys a dynamic workplace with access to cutting-edge technology and resources, making it an ideal setting for those looking to make a significant impact in the field of data architecture.
