Platform Engineer

Stott and May; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services client is seeking a Patch Orchestration Engineer to maintain availability and security of non-production environments. Responsibilities include monitoring, addressing vulnerabilities, and leading root cause analysis. The ideal candidate will have strong application support experience and be familiar with tools like Linux and Apache Web Servers. The role offers a competitive rate of £400 per day until 31st December 2025, with a hybrid working option.

Qualifications

• Strong background in application support and environment management.
• Proven experience with infrastructure monitoring, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
• Ability to coordinate effectively in fast-paced technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high availability of non-production environments through proactive monitoring.
• Address and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities.
• Perform root cause analysis and lead calls to resolve issues.
• Contribute to documentation for monitoring and automation processes.

Skills

Application support background

Infrastructure monitoring

Issue resolution

Coordination in technical environments

Tools

Linux

Windows

IBM MQ

Kafka

Oracle

MS SQL Server

Apache Web Servers

JBOSS

WAS

Chef

Ansible

Job description

Job Title: Patch Orchestration Engineer (Platform / DevOps)
Location: Knutsford (Hybrid / Onsite as required)
Contract Length: Until 31st December 2025
Day Rate: £400 (PAYE via Umbrella – Inside IR35)

About the Role

We are seeking a Patch Orchestration Engineer to join a financial services client on a long-term contract. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining the availability, security, and performance of non-production environments, ensuring vulnerabilities are remediated, and supporting automation and monitoring initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain high availability of non-production environments through proactive monitoring and alerting.

• Address and remediate infrastructure vulnerabilities in line with enterprise standards.

• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and lead triage calls to resolve infrastructure issues end-to-end.

• Contribute to knowledge base documentation for environment monitoring and automation processes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong background in application support and environment management.

• Proven experience with infrastructure monitoring, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.

• Ability to coordinate effectively in fast-paced technical environments.

Desirable Skills

• Hands-on experience with Linux and Windows operating systems.

• Knowledge of middleware and databases such as IBM MQ, Kafka, Oracle, MS SQL Server.

• Configuration and support of Apache Web Servers, JBOSS, and WAS.

• Exposure to automation and security tools such as Chef, Ansible, Firewalls, PKI, Cyber Wallets, and SSL/TLS encryption.

Contract Details

• Duration: Until 31st December 2025

• Location: Knutsford (hybrid flexibility may apply)

• Rate: £400/day

• IR35: Inside IR35 (PAYE via umbrella)