DevOps engineer for cloud platforms

Netcompany; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

25 days holiday

Private Medical Health care via Vitaly

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Professional certifications supported

Retail discounts

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Netcompany is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to own the technical direction and reliability of a major UK cloud platform. You will lead the platform engineering team, drive architecture, and ensure scalable, secure operations across all environments.

You’ll oversee AWS infrastructure as code (Terraform), container platforms (EKS, Istio), CI/CD pipelines, and incident response, while guiding FinOps, security, and capacity planning. Hybrid work and professional development are offered.

Qualifications

• Deep experience leading platform or DevOps teams delivering reliable cloud platforms.
• Hands-on AWS infrastructure as code using Terraform across networking, compute, data and security.
• Experience with modern container platforms (EKS, Karpenter, Istio) and GitOps deployments.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop the platform engineering team, covering resourcing, recruitment, performance management and on-call rota design.
• Own the platform across environments, setting multi-year technical direction and roadmap including upgrades.
• Design, build and operate AWS infrastructure as code using Terraform and run container platforms like EKS, Karpenter, Istio and GitOps-based deployment.

Skills

Platform leadership

AWS Terraform

Kubernetes (EKS)

GitOps

CI/CD automation

Security & compliance

FinOps

Incident management

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Amazon EKS

Karpenter

Istio

GitOps tooling

Azure DevOps

Argo CD

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

OpenSearch

CloudWatch

Job description

Описание:

Netcompany is one of Europe’s leading technology partners, with more than 9,500 colleagues delivering digital solutions for governments, critical industries and businesses across Europe. We take responsibility for the full journey, from strategy and development to daily operations. As Europe’s leader in sovereign AI, we build technology on Europe’s own terms. Lead the platform engineering function for a major UK client, owning the technical direction, delivery and reliability of a critical cloud platform.

Задачи:

Lead, mentor and develop the platform engineering team, covering resourcing, recruitment, performance management and on-call rota design. Own the platform across all environments, setting the multi-year technical direction and roadmap, including Kubernetes and service mesh upgrades, lifecycle management and architectural improvements. Design, build and operate AWS infrastructure as code using Terraform, and run modern container platforms including Amazon EKS, Karpenter, Istio and GitOps-based deployment. Own the reliability and performance of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Argo CD), ensuring fast, secure, repeatable releases with automated testing, quality gates and rollback. Drive platform availability, resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore testing, failover and incident response leadership, supported by observability and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, OpenSearch, CloudWatch). Manage external SOC providers and be accountable for technical security and compliance, including vulnerability management, patching, penetration test remediation, access control and secrets management. Lead FinOps and cost optimisation, covering budgets, tagging, reporting, right-sizing, non-production scheduling and commitment-based savings. Act as the senior technical point of contact for the customer, presenting designs, risks, incidents, cost and roadmap, while working with product, delivery and architecture teams on release planning and capacity forecasting.

Требования:

• You bring deep experience leading platform or DevOps engineering teams and a strong track record of delivering reliable, secure cloud platforms.


• Have deep expertise in AWS infrastructure as code using Terraform, with hands‑on experience across networking, compute, data, security and edge services.


• Have experience running modern container platforms, including Amazon EKS, Karpenter, Istio and GitOps‑based deployment.


• Can own the reliability and performance of CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Argo CD), with a focus on automated testing, quality gates and rollback.


• Bring strong leadership experience, including mentoring engineers, managing performance and designing on‑call rotas.


• Have experience managing external SOC providers and leading FinOps and cost optimisation initiatives.


• Hold one of the following AWS certifications as a minimum: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate.

Условия:

Your development continues through the responsibility you take, the projects you lead and the people you learn from. As part of a structured career model, you’ll build on the experience you already bring, supported by a personal mentor from the leadership group who can help guide your professional development, career direction and personal goals. You’ll also take part in Netcompany Academy, with courses and seminars tailored to your career stage. Hybrid working model with some flexible working 25 days’ holiday Private Medical Health care via Vitality Pension contribution, Life Assurance Professional certifications supported as part of learning and development. A range of retail discounts to enhance your lifestyle, encompassing restaurants, supermarkets, travel, leisure activities and health and well‑being services. Access to our Employee Resource Groups, our groups represent diverse backgrounds and provide a platform for colleagues to connect, learn, and support one another.