Platform Engineer – Cloud, DevOps, Secure Infra

Raytheon; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme (up to 10.5% company)

Life Assurance 6x salary

25 days holiday + 5 days option to buy

Company bonus scheme

Flexible Benefits (Health Cashplan, -,

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family leave

Job summary

Raytheon UK is seeking a Platform Engineer in Manchester to deploy and maintain cloud and on-prem infrastructure, with hybrid working (min 3 days on site). You will build tools, automate release processes, and ensure system security while pursuing SC and eDV clearance.

Join a mature DevOps environment within a defence and aerospace context, collaborating with SCRUM teams to deliver large-scale applications using AWS/Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Ansible.

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile/Scrum/DevOps delivery models.
• Cloud technologies (AWS or Azure).
• Infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible.
• Experience building/deploying large-scale apps in CI/CD pipelines.
• Container platforms and orchestration (ECS, AKS, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker).
• Automation and integration tools like Jenkins, Concourse CI or cloud equivalents.
• Experience in scripting languages and source control.

Responsibilities

• Deploy applications and software to cloud or on-prem environments.
• Develop and maintain development tools and infrastructure.
• Understand stakeholder needs and translate to technical solutions.
• Automate and improve development and release processes.
• Ensure systems are secure against cyber security threats.
• Collaborate with other engineers to ensure processes are followed.

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Jenkins

Concourse CI

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Raytheon UK is seeking a Platform Engineer in Manchester to deploy and maintain cloud and on-prem infrastructure, with hybrid working (min 3 days on site). You will build tools, automate release processes, and ensure system security while pursuing SC and eDV clearance.

Join a mature DevOps environment within a defence and aerospace context, collaborating with SCRUM teams to deliver large-scale applications using AWS/Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Ansible.