Platform Engineer

Expert Thinking; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 65.000 - 95.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Funded certifications

Progression to Principal Consultant

Remote-first culture

Zusammenfassung

Expert Thinking, a specialist UK cloud consultancy, is seeking two Senior Consultants for Cloud & Platform Engineering. You will design, build and modernise enterprise cloud platforms as part of a Strike Team, collaborating with architects, engineers and stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

The role focuses on cloud engineering with data platform and AI enabling infrastructure involvement. It is remote-first in the UK with occasional client-site travel, reporting to the Head of

Qualifikationen

• Experience delivering to external clients in a consultancy or professional services firm.
• Hands-on enterprise cloud engineering on AWS and/or Azure.
• Strong Terraform or OpenTofu, CI/CD and Git workflows.
• Solid knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security and resilient architecture.
• Clear communication and the ability to own technical deliverables.

Aufgaben

• Build cloud foundations on AWS and/or Azure: landing zones, networking, identity, governance and security.
• Write reusable infrastructure in Terraform / OpenTofu.
• Implement platform engineering capabilities and self-service provisioning.
• Work with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS) and containerised workloads.
• Design CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows, and automate with scripting.
• Embed DevSecOps, observability and cost management into delivery.
• Contribute to workshops and challenge existing approaches constructively.

Kenntnisse

Cloud engineering experience

Terraform / OpenTofu

CI/CD and Git

Kubernetes and containers

Own technical deliverables

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

Kubernetes (EKS/AKS)

Jobbeschreibung

Expert Thinking is a specialist UK cloud consultancy. Our ambition is to be the best, not the biggest. Built by engineers, for engineers, we help enterprise organisations solve complex technology challenges across Cloud Platforms, Cloud Data & AI, Cloud Migration, and DevSecOps & Cloud Automation.

We are looking for two exceptional Senior Consultants to join our Cloud & Platform Engineering practice.

Role At A Glance

• Salary: £65,000 to £95,000 plus benefits
• Location: remote-first (UK), with occasional client site travel
• Reports to: Head of Delivery

The Role

This is a hands-on engineering and consulting role. You will design, build and modernise enterprise cloud platforms as part of a Strike Team, working with architects, engineers and customer stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable and highly automated solutions.

Your core expertise will be cloud and platform engineering, but you will be comfortable contributing when projects extend into data platform and AI-enabling infrastructure. This is not a data engineering role.

What You Will Do

• Build cloud foundations on AWS and/or Azure: landing zones, networking, identity, governance and security.
• Write reusable infrastructure in Terraform / OpenTofu.
• Implement platform engineering capabilities, including internal developer platforms and self-service provisioning.
• Work with Kubernetes (EKS, AKS) and containerised workloads.
• Design CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows, and automate with Python, Bash or PowerShell.
• Embed DevSecOps, observability and cost management into everything you deliver.
• Contribute to workshops and challenge existing approaches constructively.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience in a technology consultancy, systems integrator or professional services firm delivering to external clients (essential).
• Significant hands-on enterprise cloud engineering experience on AWS and/or Azure.
• Strong Terraform or OpenTofu, CI/CD and Git-based engineering experience.
• Solid knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, security and resilient architecture.
• Kubernetes and containerisation experience.
• Clear communication and the confidence to own technical deliverables.
• Desirable: both AWS and Azure; Helm, Argo CD or Crossplane; data platform exposure (Fabric, Databricks, AWS data services); regulated environments; relevant certifications.

Why Expert Thinking

• Technically challenging work in an engineering-led culture.
• Real autonomy to influence technical decisions.
• Exposure to cloud, platform engineering, automation, data and AI.
• Remote-first, flexible working built on trust.
• Funded certifications and a clear progression path to Principal Consultant.