Platform Automation Engineer: Own Modern, Code-Driven Infra

Miller Maxwell Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary with bonus

Private medical insurance and life-ass

Pension contribution

25 days annual leave

Gym allowance and wellness package

Job summary

Miller Maxwell Ltd. in London is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to own and evolve an internal Python provisioning platform for Linux server management.

You will implement Vault-compatible secrets management, bring network and firewall configuration under version control, and build repeatable, hardened deployment pipelines across Windows desktops and servers. Significant programmes of work are planned for 2026–2027, offering genuine ownership and long-term scope in a technically deep team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of strong commercial Python experience.
• Hands-on Linux administration and infrastructure automation at scale.
• Direct experience provisioning physical servers, not just virtualised environments.
• Infrastructure as code mindset—config, networking, and builds treated as versioned, reviewable software.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve an internally built Python provisioning platform for Linux server management.
• Introduce modern secrets management—replacing manual credential handling with Vault-compatible tooling.
• Bring network and firewall configuration into version control, shipped via peer-reviewed pull requests.
• Build a repeatable, hardened setup process for Windows desktops and select servers.
• Improve application build, test, and release pipelines.
• Pull a small cloud footprint under the same code-driven management as the rest of the estate.
• Sharpen alerting and monitoring so faults are caught before they cause impact.

Skills

Python programming

Linux administration

Infrastructure automation

Education

STEM degree or equivalent

Tools

Vault

Job description

Miller Maxwell Ltd. in London is seeking a Platform Automation Engineer to own and evolve an internal Python provisioning platform for Linux server management.

You will implement Vault-compatible secrets management, bring network and firewall configuration under version control, and build repeatable, hardened deployment pipelines across Windows desktops and servers. Significant programmes of work are planned for 2026–2027, offering genuine ownership and long-term scope in a technically deep team