Platform Engineer

CBSbutler Ltd.; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to facilitate the migration of a critical application platform. The role involves collaboration with local teams to document procedures, ensuring compliance, and re-establishing configurations post-move. Ideal candidates should have strong experience in container orchestration using OpenShift and Kubernetes, with a proven background in CI/CD pipeline management.

Qualifications

• Experience migrating application platforms to new physical locations.
• Proven expertise with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, particularly Jenkins.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute the migration of a business-critical application platform.
• Document operational procedures and configurations.
• Reconfigure and validate physical equipment and systems.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Ansible

CI/CD pipelines

Database and SQL knowledge

Education

Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator

Red Hat Certified OpenShift Application Developer

Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to enable the relocation of a critical on-premises application platform to a new site. The role involves close collaboration with the existing on-site team to ensure the environment-spanning physical infrastructure, OS, container orchestration, and application platform-is fully operational post-move. The successful candidate will document operational procedures, validate system integrity, and support the platform's continuity.

Key Responsibilities

• Work hands-on to plan and execute the migration of a business-critical application platform to a new physical location.
• Collaborate with local teams to fully document operational procedures, dependencies, and configurations.
• Ensure continuity and supportability of the platform post-move, including compliance with licensing and vendor support agreements.
• Reconfigure and validate physical equipment, networking, operating systems, and middleware services.
• Re-establish and verify OpenShift and container platform configurations in the new environment.
• Build and refine automated deployment and configuration pipelines.
• Produce high-quality handover documentation for support teams

Experience required

• Developing infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure or private cloud platforms, delivering high availability and fully automated environments using primarily open-source software.
• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly using OpenShift.
• Proven expertise with containerisation and orchestration tools, especially Kubernetes (preferably EKS).
• Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible (preferred).
• Hands-on knowledge of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, e.g., Jenkins.

Solid understanding of databases and SQL in platform contexts.

Desired Certifications

• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Application Developer
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes

If you'd to discuss the Platform Engineer role in more detail, please send your updated CV to [e-mail] and I will get in touch.