IT Platform Engineer

IT Platform Engineer When registering to this job board you will be redirected to the online application form. Please ensure that this is completed in full in order that your application can be reviewed. Come and join the Littlefish team!

Work location:

Nottingham or Sheffield Hybrid (1 day per week, the current team collaboration day is Wednesday) Salary:
Up to £70,000 Must be eligible for SC Clearance (UK resident for the last 5 years) and NPPV2 clearance Here at Littlefish, we look for people who can make a real difference and become a giant slayer. As the world around us continues to change, we look for people who grab that change with optimism and excitement . These are the passionate and high performing people who enjoy and thrive on thinking outside the box.

Our current employees are the giant slayers who have made Littlefish who we are today, and you will be the future employees who continue to add the drive, passion, and add to our skills and experience as we see Littlefish grow. So, if this is ticking your boxes and you are excited at the thought of working with creative, passionate, energetic, friendly people- we would love to hear from you.

The role and what youll be getting up to on a day to day basis:
Were looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure team, working at the heart of our client environments and cloud platforms. This is a role for someone whos just as comfortable deep in IaC, Azure and automation as they are shaping solutions, mentoring engineers, and influencing customers. Youll play a key part in how we evolve our platform capability technically and commercially.

You will:
Youll operate as a senior engineer within a client-aligned team, balancing hands-on technical delivery with thought leadership and mentoring. Designing, building and managing Azure platforms using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Bicep) Owning complex incidents, changes and escalations across customer environments Driving improvements in automation, security and platform consistency Supporting vulnerability management and security configuration across cloud environments Drive observability across cloud services using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and application insights Acting as a technical escalation point for engineers across the team Contributing to technical roadmaps, best practice and standards Leading or supporting onboarding of new customers and complex projects Producing design documentation and contributing to pre-sales and solution shaping Building trusted advisor relationships with key customers, helping them get more from their platforms Who you are:
Youre an experienced infrastructure or platform engineer with a strong Azure and automation background, and you enjoy working across both delivery and design. Experience in a platform / infrastructure engineering role Strong Azure knowledge across IaaS, PaaS and cloud-native services Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred, Bicep also considered)

Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions or similar) Solid understanding of:
Identity (Entra  / AD) Networking and security SaaS/PaaS integrations

Experience with containerisation (Docker, Azure Container Apps) Strong scripting capability (Power Shell essential) Comfortable working across Windows and basic Linux environments Experience working within structured environments (incident, change, problem management) Nice to haves:
Familiarity with vulnerability management and security configuration across cloud environments whilst implementing security best practices utilising MS Defender, Entra  & Azure Policy Exposure to Kubernetes / AKS

Experience with Git Ops or automation tooling (e.g. Ansible, Flux, ArgoCD) Azure certifications (AZ-104 & AZ-400 or equivalent is preferrable) Youll also be: A strong communicator, able to explain technical concepts clearly Comfortable mentoring and supporting other engineers Able to prioritise and manage multiple work streams What can we offer you? Referral bonus scheme of £1000 when you successfully refer a friend.

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