Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer

Location: Chester, UK

Job Type: Hybrid (3 days onsite)

Position Overview: We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer with a strong background in cloud-native technologies and containerized environments. The ideal candidate will have hands‑on experience with Open Shift, Kubernetes, and service mesh technologies.

• Design, build, and maintain scalable and secure container platforms using Open Shift and Kubernetes
• Implement and manage service mesh architectures (e.g., Istio, Linkerd, or similar)
• Support release engineering and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ
• Develop and maintain RESTful APIs and services using Node.js
• Collaborate with Dev Ops teams to improve CI/CD pipelines and platform reliability.

Ascendion is a global, leading provider of AI‑first software engineering services, delivering transformative solutions across North America, APAC, and Europe. We are headquartered in New Jersey. We combine technology and talent to deliver tech debt relief, improve engineering productivity solutions, and accelerate time to value, driving our clients’ digital journeys with efficiency and velocity. Guided by our "Engineering to the power of AI" methodology, we integrate AI into software engineering, enterprise operations, and talent orchestration, to address critical challenges of trust, speed, and capital.

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Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Information Technology

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