Lead Platform Engineer - Cloud & DevOps Leader

Scott Logic; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme and Life Assurance

Discounted gym membership

Cycle-to-work scheme

Job summary

Scott Logic is a leading software delivery partner that designs, builds and operates robust cloud platforms to support modern DevOps practices. Platform Engineers work across CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure delivery and client-facing engineering challenges, with opportunities at senior or lead level.

You will be engaged in designing scalable systems, guiding best practices, and collaborating across teams and clients to ensure reliability, performance and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation or Bicep.
• Familiar with one or more major cloud platforms, particularly AWS or Azure.
• Good CI/CD and deployment automation experience.
• Comfort with Python or other scripting languages for DevOps tasks.
• Strong communication skills and collaborative approach.
• Interest in security, reliability, observability, cost efficiency, performance and governance.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and manage cloud infrastructure and delivery platforms.
• Work hands-on across CI/CD pipelines and platform tooling.
• Lead or contribute to technical direction and mentor colleagues.
• Advising clients and solving engineering challenges in client-facing projects.
• Support remote and on-site delivery with a focus on reliable, scalable systems.

Skills

IaC

CI/CD

Python scripting

Problem solving

Communication

Security observability governance

Technical leadership

Cloud concepts

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Scott Logic is a leading software delivery partner that designs, builds and operates robust cloud platforms to support modern DevOps practices. Platform Engineers work across CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure delivery and client-facing engineering challenges, with opportunities at senior or lead level.

You will be engaged in designing scalable systems, guiding best practices, and collaborating across teams and clients to ensure reliability, performance and governance.