Platform Engineer

La Fosse Associates; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established recruitment firm is seeking a Platform Engineer to join an experienced team in a hybrid role. You will be responsible for the continuous improvement of OpenShift platforms on AWS, automating infrastructure delivery, and supporting new workloads. Candidates should have strong experience with AWS, container platforms, and Infrastructure as Code. The position offers competitive salary, 15% pension, an annual bonus, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

15% pension

Annual bonus

Flexible hybrid working

Employee wellbeing focus

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in platform or infrastructure engineering.
• 2+ years with container platforms (OpenShift or Kubernetes).
• Strong AWS knowledge and Infrastructure as Code skills (Terraform).
• Good understanding of Linux, scripting (Python / Bash), and automation.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Delivering and continuously improving OpenShift platforms on AWS.
• Automating infrastructure delivery using Terraform and GitOps.
• Enhancing reliability, performance, and security of the platform.
• Supporting onboarding of new workloads and services.

Skills

Platform or infrastructure engineering experience

Container platforms (OpenShift or Kubernetes)

AWS knowledge

Infrastructure as Code skills (Terraform)

Linux, scripting (Python / Bash)

CI/CD familiarity

Job description

Job Benefits: bonus

Platform Engineer (AWS / OpenShift)

Location:London, Bristol, or Edinburgh (Hybrid – 3 days per week in office)

Salary:£70,000 – £85,000 DOE + bonus + 15% pension

Join a well-established engineering team responsible for one of the most critical container platforms in the organisation – Red Hat OpenShift running on AWS.

You’ll work within a collaborative team of five Platform Engineers, supporting and evolving a mature container platform that hosts a range of business-critical customer-facing services. This isn’t greenfield, it’s a technically rich, high-impact environment where you’ll help refine, automate, and modernise an already well-run platform to make it as seamless as possible for developers to consume.

• Delivering and continuously improving OpenShift platforms on AWS
• Automating infrastructure delivery usingTerraform and GitOpsprinciples
• Enhancing reliability, performance, and security of the platform
• Supporting onboarding of new workloads and services
• Working on projects to make the platform more self-healing and developer-friendly
• Collaborating closely with DevEx teams and other internal engineering squads

You’ll bring:

• 3+ years’ experience in platform or infrastructure engineering
• 2+ years with container platforms (OpenShift or Kubernetes)
• Strong AWS knowledge and Infrastructure as Code skills (Terraform)
• Good understanding of Linux, scripting (Python / Bash), and automation
• Familiarity with CI/CD, change and release processes, and agile environments
• An understanding of regulated environments, as well as governance and security best practices

Whether you come from an operations or development background, you’ll bring an engineering mindset and a structured, disciplined approach to delivery.

What’s in it for you?

• A technically mature environment, no firefighting or chaos, just smart engineering
• Opportunity to work on interesting automation and platform-as-a-product initiatives
• A collaborative, experienced team with great mentorship opportunities
• 15% pension, annual bonus, flexible hybrid working, and a genuine focus on employee wellbeing