Platform Engineer: Azure Cloud, Automation & Resilience

Vertical Aerospace; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company in aviation is looking for a Platform Engineer to build and operate the digital foundations of advanced eVTOL aircraft systems. You will manage and modernize hybrid infrastructures, ensuring security and resilience, while leveraging Azure cloud services and Terraform for automation. This role demands strong technical skills, a mindset for continuous improvement, and offers various company benefits including a generous holiday allowance and a performance-based bonus.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

5 extra days to buy or sell

4% additional salary for benefits

Company performance based bonus

Company Share Scheme

Company Pension Scheme matching 5%

Daily breakfast provided

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Azure cloud services including VM Scale Sets and Azure Databases.
• Experience with administering Hyper-V and Active Directory environments.
• Hands-on experience with Terraform and Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of security posture and reliability of platforms.
• Maintain hybrid infrastructure including Azure and on-premise servers.
• Design and operate cloud services using Terraform and Azure DevOps.

Skills

Azure cloud services

Infrastructure management

Observability tools

Terraform

Azure DevOps

Script usage (PowerShell, Python, Bash)

Vulnerability mitigation

Security best practices

Tools

DataDog

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

An innovative company in aviation is looking for a Platform Engineer to build and operate the digital foundations of advanced eVTOL aircraft systems. You will manage and modernize hybrid infrastructures, ensuring security and resilience, while leveraging Azure cloud services and Terraform for automation. This role demands strong technical skills, a mindset for continuous improvement, and offers various company benefits including a generous holiday allowance and a performance-based bonus.