Lead Platform Engineer: Cloud & Kubernetes Infra

Capgemini; Greater London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Disability Confident employer

Training & certifications

Job summary

Capgemini UK is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead within Digital Customer Experience. You will lead multiple delivery projects, drive infrastructure as code, and support day‑to‑day operations to improve reliability and performance.

You will own design decisions, help with capacity planning and security, and ensure timely delivery. A Security Check clearance is required, and candidates must have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.

Qualifications

• Linux system administration (Ubuntu)
• Networking (LB/Routing/Switching)
• Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/K8s)
• Cloud platforms deployment and automation (AWS)

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery projects and day‑to‑day BAU and support tasks; create and deliver infrastructure as code to improve availability, scalability, latency and efficiency of services
• Lead troubleshooting and problem solving; assist with capacity planning and demand forecasting, performance analysis and tuning
• Lead design, architectures and standards for new projects or solutions to improve current infrastructure
• Contribute to stability and security of the environment
• Define processes and best practices for reliable and timely delivery and report work status with clear design choices
• Provide 24 x 7 on‑call support

Skills

Linux Admin

Networking

Kubernetes

Cloud Platforms (AWS)

Tools

Jenkins

Concourse

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

Capgemini UK is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead within Digital Customer Experience. You will lead multiple delivery projects, drive infrastructure as code, and support day‑to‑day operations to improve reliability and performance.

You will own design decisions, help with capacity planning and security, and ensure timely delivery. A Security Check clearance is required, and candidates must have resided in the UK for the last 5 years.