Platform Engineer

Salary: £75,000 - 75,000 per year

• We require candidates to be willing and eligible to hold SC and eDV clearance.
• We require candidates to be willing to attain an eDV clearance.
• Experience of working in an Agile, SCRUM, or Dev Ops delivery model.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef, or Ansible.
• Experience building and deploying large-scale applications in Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines.
• Experience with container platforms and orchestration systems such as ECS, AKS, Kubernetes/Helm, or Docker.
• Experience with automation and integration tools such as Jenkins, Concourse CI, or cloud equivalents.
• Experience with scripting languages and source control.

• We work as Platform Engineers, deploying applications and software to cloud or on-premises environments across our business areas.
• We build and set up development tools and infrastructure.
• We understand the needs of project stakeholders.
• We automate and improve development and release processes.
• We ensure systems are safe and secure against cyber security threats.
• We identify technical problems and develop software updates and solutions.
• We work with other engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended.

• AWS
• Ansible
• Azure
• Cloud
• Dev Ops
• Docker
• Helm
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Puppet
• Security
• Terraform

We are Raytheon UK, a leader in defence and aerospace technology, and our National Security Cyber business delivers mission-critical solutions that safeguard national security 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We operate in a mature, agile environment, with SCRUM teams working synchronously with our customers to solve complex digital challenges. This is a permanent, full-time Platform Engineer role based in Gloucester, South Gloucestershire, with onsite working and hybrid flexibility of a minimum of three days per week on site.

We offer a competitive salary, contributory pension scheme with up to 10.5% company contribution, life assurance, 25 days of holiday plus statutory public holidays, a discretionary company bonus, flexible benefits, enhanced sick pay, enhanced family-friendly policies, a 37-hour working week, early Friday finish, remote, hybrid and site-based working opportunities, and up to five paid volunteering days each year.

last updated 36 week of 2026