£Up to £80,000 GBP
Hybrid WORKING
Location: Bristol; Gloucester; Cardiff; Corsham; Swindon; Weston-Super-Mare; Reading; Cheltenham; Cardiff , Bristol, South West - United Kingdom Type: Permanent

Location: Corsham

Role: Permanent + Hybrid

Essential: Active Security Clearance

Client:

Join a world-class organisation where your work supports the UK’s most critical Defence, Healthcare, and Public Sector programmes. Our client has been recognised as a Times Top 100 Company for 7 years in a row, delivering impact through technology, transformation, and consulting, underpinned by a culture of innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will lead the design and development of modern digital service platforms, including automation, deployment, and operational support. Our client works on the UK’s most Mission-Critical Defence Projects where you’ll work alongside talented colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting, product management, and security to build scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions. You will also contribute to technical decisions, mentor junior Platform Engineers, and help foster an inclusive, collaborative DevOps culture.

Our client invests in cutting-edge tools, learning opportunities, and professional development, empowering teams to grow and thrive. Flexible and hybrid working arrangements are supported, alongside a strong focus on wellbeing.

Take the opportunity to do meaningful work, shape the platforms that underpin the nation’s most important services, and build long-lasting professional relationships in a culture that genuinely values your growth.

You’ll have the opportunity to:

• Collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
• Get hands-on experience with the latest technologies and push the boundaries of modern platform engineering.
• Develop high-potential talent to drive tomorrow’s innovations.
• Design and deliver cloud-native platform engineering solutions that impact millions.
• Shape the technical direction of bespoke digital transformation programmes.
• Work on the UK’s most bespoke defence projects.

Key Requirements:

• Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.
• A history with configuration management, infrastructure provisioning and automation tools (Such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ruby, Go, or Groovy).
• Proficient in modern Continuous Delivery processes.
• Hands-on experience applying best practices and architectural patterns across infrastructure and application components.
• Expertise with Cloud Platforms (AWS or Azure).
• A track record of debugging complex, distributed problems across multiple servers, services, and tools.
• Experience using modern version control systems, including Git, in collaborative engineering environments.
• Proficient with Containerization Tools and Kubernetes.

Benefits:

• Competitive Bonus.
• Private Medical Cover.
• Company Share Plan.
• Generous Holiday Package (Ability to Buy and Sell).
• Training and Development.
• Comprehensive Pension Package.

Reference: AMC/AON/KAINOSPlatform

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