Platform Engineer

American IT Systems; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

American IT Systems in London, UK is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and operate cloud platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver apps securely and at scale.

The role combines cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, DevOps and platform operations. It requires building cloud infrastructure, managing Kubernetes environments, implementing Terraform IaC, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines while collaborating with development teams to improve reliability and productivity.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and operating cloud platforms.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes environments.
• Experience implementing IaC with Terraform.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting in Python or Shell.
• Monitoring and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build and support cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Design and manage Kubernetes-based environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor platform health, performance and availability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Automate operational processes and deployments.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve platform reliability and developer productivity.

Skills

AWS services

CI/CD practices

Python

Shell scripting

Monitoring

Networking fundamentals

Security fundamentals

Agile and DevOps

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Job Title: Platform Engineer

Job Type: Contract/Permanent

Job Location: London, UK

Experience: 5-8 Years

Role Summary

Description:

Design, build and operate cloud platforms that enable engineering teams to deliver applications securely, reliably and at scale.

The role combines cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, DevOps and platform operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and support cloud infrastructure and platform services.
• Design and manage Kubernetes-based environments.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor platform health, performance and availability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Automate operational processes and deployments.
• Collaborate with development teams to improve platform reliability and developer productivity.

Required Skills

• AWS Cloud Services (EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, RDS)
• Kubernetes & Docker
• Terraform
• CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, DevOps)
• Python or Shell Scripting
• Monitoring & Observability tools
• Networking and Security fundamentals
• Agile and DevOps practices

Preferred Skills

• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Cloud Architecture experience
• AWS Certification
• Experience supporting large-scale digital platforms