Platform Engineer

Waystone; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Waystone is seeking a Platform Engineer to scale its engineering platform, building scalable Azure-focused infrastructure with IaC, CI/CD automation and strong security governance. The role supports cross-functional teams and requires on‑call participation.

You will contribute to observability, disaster recovery and cost-efficient patterns while collaborating with delivery teams in a hybrid Leeds-based setup, with monthly office presence.

Qualifications

• University degree or equivalent practical experience and 3+ years in Platform/Cloud/DevOps roles.
• Strong design/implementation experience in Azure and AWS.
• Hands-on Terraform and IaC expertise with repeatable environments.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, or Azure DevOps.
• Windows OS management plus solid Linux fundamentals; scripting with PowerShell.
• Knowledge of cloud security, IAM (Entra ID), and network controls.
• Experience collaborating with development teams in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Owns moderately complex platform work and delivers against project goals.
• Design and maintain scalable cloud patterns and reusable Terraform modules (Azure focus).
• Develop IaC libraries for consistent, compliant environments across clouds.
• Build CI/CD and deployment automation with GitHub Actions, Octopus, ArgoCD; use Ansible for config mgmt.
• Support delivery teams by provisioning autonomous environments and reducing friction.
• Provide ops support for AKS and containerised workloads; ensure high availability.
• Lifecycle tasks: patching, upgrades, scaling, decommissioning across Windows and Linux.
• Promote cloud governance, security standards and continuous compliance evidence.
• Contribute to observability, incident response and on-call improvements.
• Document infra blueprints and SOPs in Confluence and our Platform Portal.

Skills

Azure

AWS

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Octopus Deploy

ArgoCD

Ansible

PowerShell

Linux basics

Windows OS

IAM Entra ID

CI/CD pipelines

Jira Confluence

Kubernetes AKS

OCI

AI tooling

Education

University degree

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

Octopus Deploy

ArgoCD

Ansible

Azure DevOps

Kubernetes

OCI

Job description

About Us

Waystone is a leading provider of institutional governance, administration, risk and compliance services to the asset management industry. With over 25 years’ experience, we support many of the world’s largest asset managers, providing a comprehensive range of specialist services from a global network of offices.

The Platform Engineering team builds and operates Waystone’s engineering platform, spanning cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, observability, on-call and our internal developer portal. We provide the secure, automated foundations that the firm’s regulated services run on. We are looking for a Platform Engineer to help scale this platform through standardised, automated and compliant patterns, accelerating delivery for our development delivery teams while raising operational resilience across the estate.

We are a cross-skilled team by design: rather than narrow specialisation, we want every engineer able to work across the platform, giving us broader coverage, resilience and shared ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership of larger, moderately complex pieces of platform work, setting objectives and delivering against project goals with a direct impact on team results.
• Design, implement and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure patterns and reusable Terraform modules across Azure, AWS and OCI, with a primary focus on Azure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) libraries to ensure consistent, compliant and repeatable environments across all cloud providers.
• Build and support CI/CD and deployment automation using GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy and ArgoCD, and configuration management using Ansible and Octopus Deploy.
• Support and enable development delivery teams – provisioning autonomous environments and reducing deployment friction while maintaining guardrails and separation of duties.
• Provide operational support for containerised and micro-service workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), maintaining high availability and reliability.
• Manage core infrastructure lifecycle tasks – vulnerability remediation and patching, upgrades, scaling and decommissioning across the Windows and Linux estate.
• Drive the adoption of cloud governance policies, security standards and architectural best practice, and help maintain continuous compliance evidence against the firm’s obligations (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, DORA).
• Contribute to observability and monitoring across the estate, and to incident response and on-call, including troubleshooting and root cause analysis that drives systemic improvement.
• Support disaster recovery testing to validate recovery plans and ensure rapid, reliable restoration of services.
• Identify and recommend improvements to systems, processes and infrastructure patterns to improve operational resilience, performance and cost efficiency.
• Explain and advocate technical approaches to development delivery teams and colleagues across IT, influencing platform practices and standards at an operational level.
• Provide guidance, code review and support to junior engineers, helping them develop across the platform.
• Document infrastructure blueprints, standards and standard operating procedures in Confluence and our internal Platform Portal to enable self‑service.
• Participate in the on‑call rota to support critical infrastructure services.

Essential Knowledge & Experience

• University degree or equivalent practical experience, with a minimum of three years’ experience as a Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps Engineer or similar role.
• Strong experience designing and implementing infrastructure in Azure and AWS.
• Deep, hands‑on expertise with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Experience building and debugging CI/CD and deployment pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Octopus Deploy, Azure DevOps or similar).
• Strong Windows OS management in cloud environments; solid Linux fundamentals (deeper experience a plus).
• Proficient in a scripting language such as PowerShell, with experience automating operational workflows.
• Sound understanding of cloud security principles, identity and access management (Entra ID / IAM) and network security.
• Understanding of application architectures and CI/CD workflows, and how infrastructure aligns with them.
• Experience working closely with development delivery teams in an agile environment, using tooling such as Jira and Confluence to manage and track work.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions to non‑technical stakeholders.
• AI‑literate, with the ability to adopt and apply AI‑assisted engineering tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, AI coding assistants and agents) to accelerate delivery, automation and documentation, and a willingness to keep pace with an evolving AI toolset.
• Able to manage multiple concurrent workstreams – balancing project delivery, BAU and support commitments – prioritising effectively and working independently across competing demands.
• Able to participate in the on‑call rota – on‑call is a requirement of this role.

Desirable

• Experience operating in a regulated financial services or otherwise highly governed environment.
• Certification in Azure, AWS or DevOps practices.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (AKS), ArgoCD and containerised services.
• Experience with Ansible for configuration management and DR tooling.
• Familiarity with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost‑management best practice.
• Experience integrating AI or agentic tooling into engineering workflows (e.g. IaC generation, automated remediation, or documentation).
• Exposure to compliance‑evidence or governance tooling and incident‑management tooling.

Additional Information

• This is a hybrid role, with attendance at our Leeds office once a month.
• Participation in the on‑call rota is a requirement of this role; standing on‑call allowances apply.
• Opportunities for professional growth, including certifications in Azure, AWS and DevOps practices, within a deliberately cross‑skilled team.
• You will join a global, collaborative team that values innovation, ownership and continuous learning, with a direct impact on the resilience of the firm’s platforms.