Platform Engineer
2 days ago
Staverton Bridge
Platform Engineer DV leading to eDV Cheltenham Hybrid £100,000+ basic salary + bonus + benefitsPlatform Engineer required to join a rapidly growing UK technology organisation developing highly secure, scalable and automated platforms for some of the UK's most demanding technical environments. This is a genuinely hands-on engineering role sitting across Platform Engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, Cloud Infrastructure and Software Delivery. You will be working with modern cloud-native technologies to design, build and maintain resilient platforms, automate infrastructure and deployment processes and help engineering teams deliver software securely and efficiently. The environment is highly technical, fast-moving and low on unnecessary bureaucracy, with the opportunity to work on complex projects where security, performance and reliability genuinely matter.Package £100,000+ basic salaryDiscretionary bonusBenefits packageHybrid working CheltenhamTraining and professional certification opportunitiesExposure to modern Cloud, Platform Engineering and secure technology environmentsThere is flexibility above the advertised salary for particularly strong individuals with the right technical background and clearance.What you'll be doing Designing, building and maintaining secure cloud-native platformsDeveloping automation for infrastructure provisioning, configuration and operational workflowsBuilding and improving CI/CD pipelinesImplementing Infrastructure-as-CodeWorking extensively with Kubernetes / containerised environmentsEmbedding security throughout engineering and software delivery processesSupporting modern DevSecOps practicesImproving platform resilience, scalability and observabilityWorking across software engineering, infrastructure and security teamsSupporting developer platforms and improving the overall developer experienceWorking within highly secure / regulated technical environmentsWhat we're looking for Strong experience across several of the following: AWS / Cloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraform / Infrastructure-as-CodeCI/CDDevOps / DevSecOpsPlatform EngineeringDocker / ContainersAutomation / Configuration ManagementLinuxCloud-native architectureSecurity tooling / secure software deliveryExperience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) or developer enablement platforms would be particularly interesting.Exposure to tools or concepts including Coder, SAST, DAST, SBOM generation, vulnerability scanning or policy-as-code would also be advantageous.AWS certification at Associate level or above would be beneficial but is not essential where the practical experience is strong.Experience working within high-security, government, defence, national security or similarly regulated environments would obviously be advantageous.Clearance: Due to the nature of the projects, candidates must hold current active eDV security clearance, or at a minimum DV clearance with willingness to undergo eDV.If you are an experienced Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer / DevSecOps Engineer / Cloud Engineer with active DV or eDV clearance and would like to work on genuinely complex, cutting-edge secure technology, please apply or contact me directly for further information.All the best,Charlie Syrett Richmond Square Consulting LtdTPBN1_UKTJ