Platform Engineer

Soda; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech consultancy in London is seeking a Platform Engineer to support a high-profile project aimed at revolutionizing UK government services. Ideal candidates will have expertise in cloud technologies, containerization, and CI/CD processes. The role offers opportunities for certification, career progression, and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Free Certification Scheme (AWS, CKA, Hashicorp)

Uncapped Progressions

Travel expenses outside your base

Up to 10% combined pension

Private Medical

Flexi Benefits (Life Assurance, GIP, Dental etc.)

Overseas Conference Budget

Qualifications

• Experience with cloud technologies especially AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Proficiency in containers and orchestration, mainly Kubernetes and Docker.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or Ansible.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Git.
• Solid background in system administration with Linux.

Responsibilities

• Support, optimize and scale a major PaaS project for the UK Government.
• Work on continuous integration and deployment processes.
• Contribute to the transformation of online government services.

Skills

Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)

IaC (Terraform, Ansible)

CICD (Git, Github, Gitlab)

SysAdmin (Linux)

Job description

Platform Engineer
Consultancy/Govt
London
£60-100k
️SC Clearance RequiredDo you want to work on one of the biggest PaaS projects in Europe - one running over 400 K8s Pods (140k Nodes) at any one time?
Do you want to get AWS & CKA certified on company time whilst also using these tools day in day out in production environments?I am partnered with one of the World's Top Tech Consultancies on a multi-year DevOps transformation with one of the country's most high-profile public institutions.
The project aims to completely revolutionise the way the UK Government operates online and will create numerous public benefits including cutting waiting times, vastly improved CX and cost savings in the millions of pounds.They are now looking for experience Platform Engineers to join their team and help with the ongoing support, optimisation and scaling of this project. Their ideal candidate would have good knowledge and experience within:

• Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Containers (Kubernetes, Docker)
• IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
• CICD (Git, Github, Gitlab)
• SysAdmin (Linux)

What's in it for you?

• Free Certification Scheme (AWS, CKA, Hashicorp)
• Uncapped Progressions (Just hit the criteria and you will continually climb the ranks)
• Travel expenses outside your base
• Up to 10% combined pension
• Private Medical
• Flexi Benefits (Life Assurance, GIP, Dental etc.)
• Hybrid Working (onsite 30% worst case)
• Overseas Conference Budget

If you're passionate about DevOps and keen to work on one of the country's most high-profile digital transformations, using K8s day in day out, then please apply right away!
Note: Please only apply if you have current valid SC Clearnce. Otherwise you will not be eligible