Platform Engineer

ERIN ASSOCIATES LIMITED; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ERIN ASSOCIATES LIMITED in the East Midlands area is seeking a seasoned DevOps Platform Engineer to build and maintain an internal platform that enables development teams to ship software quickly, securely and reliably across cloud and on-prem environments.

You will work across Kubernetes, GitOps, IaC, CI/CD and observability, creating self-service tools and automation that streamline developer workflows and improve security and resilience across the estate.

Qualifications

• Proven experience operating in Kubernetes, Docker and Linux environments.
• Hands-on with cloud platforms (AWS or similar) and IaC tooling (Terraform/Ansible).
• CI/CD experience with GitLab/GitHub Actions/Jenkins and monitoring stacks (OpenTelemetry/Prometheus/Grafana).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain internal DevOps platform to empower development teams.
• Develop self-service tooling and automation for faster, secure software delivery.
• Ensure platform reliability, security, and disaster recovery capabilities.

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Argo CD

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

OpenTelemetry

Prometheus

Grafana

Networking/Security

Secrets management

Disaster recovery

Go

Python

Bash

On-premises

Bare-metal

Job description

DevOps Platform Engineer Leicester, East Midlands, Leicestershire

Were looking for an experienced DevOps / Platform Engineer to build and maintain the internal platform that enables development teams to deliver software quickly, securely and reliably across cloud and on-premises environments.

THe Platform Engineer will work across Kubernetes, GitOps, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability and security, while helping create self-service tools and automation that make developers lives easier.

Key skills for this Platform Engineer:

• Strong production experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Linux
• AWS or another major cloud platform
• Terraform, Ansible, Helm and Argo CD
• CI/CD using GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar
• Monitoring and observability, ideally OpenTelemetry, Prometheus and Grafana
• Networking, security, secrets management and disaster recovery
• Scripting/programming with Go, Python or Bash
• Experience with on-premises/bare-metal environments

Experience with OpenShift, K3s, Docker Swarm, Cilium/eBPF, Backstage or AI-assisted engineering tools would be advantageous.

This is a great opportunity for a Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineer to help shape a modern platform and influence how engineering teams build, deploy and operate software.

Keywords; DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Python, AWS, Terraform Leicester, East Midlands, Loughborough, Coalville, Leicestershire, Corby