Senior Platform Engineer
Job in
Maidstone, Kent County, ME15 6SG, England, UK
Listed on 2026-10-04
Listing for:
Nextech Group Limited
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-04
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
SRE/Site Reliability, Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations
Job Description & How to Apply Below
DO NOT APPLY IF YOU REQUIRE A SPONSORSHIP
Our client is scaling its cloud infrastructure to support a fast-growing SaaS product used by a large base of enterprise customers. As Senior Platform Engineer, you will own the internal developer platform, improve reliability and deployment speed, and mentor a small team of engineers.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure on AWS
Own CI/CD pipelines and drive adoption of Git Ops practices
Build self-service tooling that lets product teams ship without platform bottlenecks
Improve observability, incident response and SLO tracking
Lead infrastructure-as-code standards using Terraform
Champion security and cost optimisation across the platform
Essential Requirements
5+ years in platform, Dev Ops or SRE roles
Strong hands-on Kubernetes and Docker experience
Production experience with AWS
Proficiency in Terraform or equivalent IaC
Scripting ability in Python or Go
Experience with CI/CD tooling (Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI or Jenkins)
Desirable
Experience with ArgoCD or Flux
Prometheus, Grafana or Datadog
Exposure to SOC 2 or ISO 27001 environments
Previous team leadership or mentoring experience
What's On Offer
28 days holiday plus bank holidays
Pension with 6% employer contribution
£1,500 annual learning budget
Flexible working hours
Modern tech stack with genuine time for engineering improvement
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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