Platform Engineer

A prestigious client is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join a high-impact engineering team delivering a modern cloud-native platform that underpins AI and automation services across a large-scale enterprise environment.

This is an exciting opportunity to work on a greenfield Kubernetes platform built using modern engineering practices across Azure, Git Ops, service mesh, observability and event-driven architecture.

As Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for building, operating and improving a shared Kubernetes platform used by application, AI and integration engineering teams. This is a hands‑on role covering infrastructure as code, Kubernetes operations, CI/CD, networking, observability and platform reliability. You'll work closely with architects and engineering teams to shape the future of the platform while helping maintain high standards across automation, security, scalability and operational excellence.

• Build and operate Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) environments
• Manage cloud infrastructure using Terraform and ARM Templates
• Support Git Ops-based CI/CD and deployment pipelines
• Operate observability tooling including Grafana and Open Telemetry
• Maintain platform networking, service mesh and API gateway layers
• Support event streaming infrastructure and platform reliability
• Participate in incident response and platform operations
• Contribute to platform engineering standards and best practices

We are looking for candidates with strong experience across:

• Kubernetes platform engineering and cloud-native infrastructure
• Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
• Docker, CI/CD and Git Ops workflows
• Linux, Bash scripting and platform automation
• Observability tooling including Grafana and Prometheus
• Kubernetes networking, security and service mesh technologies

Experience with the following would be highly beneficial:

• ArgoCD or Flux
• Open Telemetry
• Kafka or Redpanda
• Policy as Code / Kubernetes security tooling

• Opportunity to help shape a greenfield cloud-native platform
• Hybrid working with flexibility
• Collaborative, high-performing technology team
• Long-term programme of strategic importance
• Competitive salary and excellent benefits package

If you are passionate about cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes and platform reliability engineering, we would love to hear from you.

To progress matters please send your CV to Laura at

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