Platform Engineer - Cloud, CI/CD, & Automation

Jobtailor; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Wakefield, United Kingdom, is seeking a Platform Engineer to support and evolve our platform services across cloud and on‑premises environments.

You will assist with migrations to cloud platforms, strengthen backup and resilience processes, and drive automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, and IaC tools. Collaborate with developers and senior engineers to improve reliability and observability.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or cloud engineering environments.
• Good infrastructure experience across Windows and/or Linux environments.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox.
• Experience supporting CI/CD platforms and automation tooling.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management concepts.
• Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Experience supporting business-critical systems and services.
• Ability to work effectively with development teams and technical stakeholders.
• Good documentation, project and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support, maintain, and improve platform services used across the business.
• Administer and support infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Assist with migration and modernisation of services to cloud platforms.
• Support backup, disaster recovery, and resilience activities for critical systems.
• Improve platform services, tooling, and supporting infrastructure.
• Collaborate with senior engineers, development teams, and stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud Platform Experience

CI/CD Platform Support

Scripting and Automation

Infrastructure as Code

Troubleshooting

Monitoring and Observability

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Tools

Datadog

Grafana

Prometheus

Docker

Kubernetes

TeamCity

Jenkins

GitHub

Datadog

Grafana

Artifactory

Nexus

GitHub Actions

Perforce

GitLab

Job description

Jobtailor in Wakefield, United Kingdom, is seeking a Platform Engineer to support and evolve our platform services across cloud and on‑premises environments.

You will assist with migrations to cloud platforms, strengthen backup and resilience processes, and drive automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, and IaC tools. Collaborate with developers and senior engineers to improve reliability and observability.