Platform Engineer

TEKsystems; South Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems is hiring a Platform Engineer to build and operate a cloud-native platform for enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM). You will design, deploy, and scale infrastructure powering a multi-year modernization across a global organization.

Key responsibilities include designing and managing Kubernetes clusters, implementing IaC, CI/CD pipelines, and GitOps workflows, plus ensuring platform security, observability, and compliance at scale.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience designing and operating cloud-native IAM platforms.
• Proficiency with Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Strong skills in IaC and automated deployments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain cloud-native platform services supporting identity infrastructure.
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters and supporting platform components.
• Develop Infrastructure as Code for repeatable, automated deployments.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployment workflows.
• Manage cloud networking, connectivity, and platform security.
• Implement platform observability (logging, monitoring, metrics, tracing).
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks.
• Configure service mesh technologies (Istio/Envoy) and secure service-to-service communication.
• Implement platform resilience, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability.

Skills

Kubernetes

IaC

CI/CD GitOps

Cloud platforms

Security & Governance

Observability

Secrets management

SRE

TLS PKI

Automation

Tools

Istio/Envoy

Terraform

GitOps tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Platform Engineer – Cloud Identity & Access Management

About the Opportunity

We're hiring a **Platform Engineer** to build and operate a cloud-native platform for enterprise Identity & Access Management (IAM). You'll design, deploy, and scale infrastructure that powers a multi-year modernization program across a global organization.

Scale: 5+ year transformation

Scope: Human and non-human identity, authentication, elevated access, and compliance

Team: Work alongside IAM architects, security specialists, and engineering teams

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain cloud-native platform services supporting identity infrastructure
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters and supporting platform components
• Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for repeatable, automated deployments
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployment workflows
• Manage cloud networking, connectivity, and platform security
• Implement platform observability (logging, monitoring, metrics, distributed tracing)
• Automate platform provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks
• Implement secure secrets management and certificate lifecycle automation
• Configure service mesh technologies (Istio/Envoy) and secure service-to-service communication
• Manage ingress, API gateways, and network routing
• Implement platform resilience, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability
• Support workload identity and platform authentication mechanisms
• Ensure platform compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, and cost efficiency
• Develop operational tooling, scripts, and self-service capabilities
• Support incident management, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis
• Collaborate with Security, Architecture, and Engineering teams
• Contribute to platform standards, operational documentation, and runbooks
• Support environment management across development, test, pilot, and production
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and platform engineering best practices
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or equivalent)
• Container Platforms
• Secrets Management
• PKI & Certificate Management
• Observability (Logging, Monitoring, Tracing)
• Scripting & Automation
• DevSecOps
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• Performance & Capacity Management
• Operational Support
• Global Deployment Strategies
• Positive, solutions-focused mindset in large, complex organisations