Platform Engineer: Automation

Infrastructure automation for cloud and on-premises platforms

Hybrid cloud:
Azure, AWS and on-premise

Closing Date: 26 October 2026

Design, build and operate secure, reusable infrastructure automation across Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services and on-premise environments. Build and evolve an Infrastructure Marketplace or Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that enables governed self-service through reusable templates, Golden Paths and platform APIs, with security, compliance, monitoring, cost management and operational controls embedded by design.

To engineer and continuously improve infrastructure automation capabilities that enable reliable, secure and repeatable delivery of cloud and on-premise infrastructure. The role converts infrastructure requirements, architecture standards and operational controls into version-controlled code, reusable automation patterns and governed delivery pipelines.

The Platform Automation Engineer works and collaborates across infrastructure, cloud, security and platform teams to reduce manual effort, configuration drift, deployment lead time and operational risk while improving standardisation, traceability and service resilience. The role also contributes to the design, build and operation of an infrastructure marketplace or IDP, enabling users to discover and consume approved infrastructure services through automated, policy-compliant golden paths.

• Infrastructure is provisioned and configured through approved, reusable Infrastructure as Code and automation patterns.
• Azure, AWS and on-premise (VMWare) deployments are executed through secure, auditable CI/CD pipelines.
• Automation code is version-controlled, tested, peer-reviewed, documented and maintained as a managed product.
• Manual infrastructure activities are replaced with reliable self-service or event-driven automation where appropriate.
• Platform security, compliance, resilience, observability and cost controls are embedded into automation by design.
• Automation performance and adoption are measurable through delivery, reliability and operational metrics.
• Infrastructure services are published in a searchable catalogue with clear ownership, documentation, support and lifecycle information.
• Consumers can request approved infrastructure through self-service workflows, templates or APIs with automated fulfilment and governance.
• Golden paths provide secure, standardised and reusable patterns while reducing cognitive load for delivery and infrastructure teams.

Infrastructure as Code and provisioning

• Design, develop and maintain Terraform modules and reusable IaC patterns for Azure, AWS and on-premise infrastructure.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, patching, lifecycle activities and decommissioning using Ansible, Python and Power Shell.
• Apply modular design, naming standards, tagging, state management, secrets handling and policy controls across IaC solutions.
• Detect and remediate configuration drift while preserving approved architecture and security baselines.
• Engineer idempotent, testable and supportable automation for compute, operating systems, middleware, network integrations, storage and platform services.
• Create APIs, scripts, runbooks and orchestration workflows that integrate cloud and on-premise platforms.
• Use AI and approved Copilot capabilities to accelerate code generation, testing, documentation, analysis and operational automation, subject to governance and human review.
• Refactor legacy scripts and manual procedures into reusable engineering assets with clear ownership and lifecycle management.

CI/CD, source control and quality

• Build and maintain Azure Dev Ops/Git Hub pipelines for infrastructure validation, testing, security scanning, approvals, deployment and rollback.
• Use Git-based workflows, branching strategies, pull requests and peer reviews to manage automation code safely.
• Implement automated checks such as formatting, linting, unit testing, policy validation, secrets scanning and deployment verification.
• Promote automation artefacts through controlled environments and maintain traceability from change request to deployment outcome.

Cloud and hybrid platform enablement

• Automate services across Azure and AWS using native platform capabilities, approved modules and enterprise guardrails.
• Enable consistent automation across Windows and Linux estates in cloud and on-premise environments.
• Integrate automation with identity, access, networking,…