Lead Platform Engineer

Trust in SODA; Leeds; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification Scheme (AWS, CKA, HashiP

Remote-first working

Travel to client site

Pension 10%

Job summary

Trust in SODA is partnering with a top UK tech consultancy to drive a multi-year DevOps transformation for a government department. You will work on a large Kubernetes platform, advancing IaC, CI/CD, and observability practices in production.

Senior to Managing Platform Engineer roles offer AWS/CKA certification opportunities, travel to client sites, and a remote-first setup with onsite as needed.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing IaC with Terraform and Ansible.
• Proven ability to design and manage CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Strong background in observability tooling (OTel, Dynatrace, Grafana).

Responsibilities

• Lead and support Senior/Lead/Managing Platform Engineers on a large UK project.
• Scale, optimise and maintain infrastructure across multiple environments.
• Collaborate with government and consultancy teams to deliver value.

Skills

Kubernetes

Automation

Problem solving

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

OTel

Dynatrace

Grafana

Job description

London, Woking, Worthing, Bristol, Birmingham, Telford, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle

Do you want to work on one of the biggest K8s projects in Europe - one running over 400 Pods (and 140k Nodes) at any one time?

Do you want to get AWS & CKA certified on company time whilst also using these tools day in day out in production environments?

I am partnered with one of the world’s top tech consultancies who are spearheading a multi-year DevOps transformation at a top Govt department.

The project aims to completely revolutionise the way the UK Government operates online and will create numerous public benefits including cutting waiting times, vastly improved CX and cost savings in the millions of pounds.

They are now looking for Senior, Lead & Managing Platform Engineers to join their team and help with the ongoing support, optimisation and scaling of this project. Their ideal candidate would be an expert within:

• IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
• CI/CD (GitOps, Github Actions, Jenkins)
• Observability (OTel, Dynatrace, Grafana)

What’s in it for you?

• Certification Scheme (AWS, CKA, Hashicorp)
• Uncapped Progressions (Just hit the criteria and you will continually climb the ranks)
• 10% combined pension
• Travel expenses to client site
• Remote First Working (only onsite at client request)