Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer - Senior Level

Our talent team is representing a confidential energy technology organization with operations across Bristol and London. We are seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their Platform Engineering function and report to an Engineering Manager. This is a hybrid role requiring three days per week on-site.

Please note: This role requires existing UK right to work. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Responsibilities

You will take ownership of evolving the internal developer platform that empowers software engineering teams across the organization. Your responsibilities will include:

• Design and build scalable, reliable, and developer-friendly platform infrastructure that sets standards for seamless software development and operations
• Drive self-service tooling and abstractions to reduce platform complexity and dramatically improve developer experience and team velocity
• Lead Infrastructure as Code initiatives using Terraform, Helm, and Crossplane, championing GitOps best practices across cloud infrastructure
• Establish robust monitoring, logging, and tracing foundations in collaboration with Site Reliability Engineering teams
• Embed automated security controls, ensure compliance, and participate in out-of-hours on-call rotation to troubleshoot complex systemic issues
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering team members
• Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders to coordinate technical upgrades and hold service providers accountable
• Eliminate infrastructure toil, reinforce enterprise security safeguards, and optimize cloud operations at scale

What We're Looking For

• Strong experience designing, building, and operating production applications at scale
• Excellent technical leadership, communication, and collaboration skills with a passion for mentoring others
• Deep expertise with cloud platforms such as AWS (preferred), Google Cloud, or Azure
• Hands-on experience architecting, managing, and maintaining production Kubernetes clusters
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and resiliency patterns
• Proven expertise with CI/CD pipelines, GitOps patterns, and Infrastructure as Code technologies
• Ability to drive automation and self-service tooling initiatives

How We Work With You

When you apply through Get A Job.ai, one of our recruiters will screen your application and qualifications. If there's a strong match, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly—all communication and coordination will go through our recruitment team to ensure the best experience for you throughout the hiring process.

Pay

Our client offers a salary range of £56,000 - £84,000 depending on experience, along with a comprehensive benefits package including pension scheme, discretionary bonus, private medical insurance, life assurance, 26 days holiday, flexible bank holidays, progressive leave policy, personal learning budget, and home office budget.

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