Platform Engineer - Cloud Infra (GCP/AWS) | Hybrid

Stockport Nub News; Stockport; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35-hour work week

Hybrid working – 2 days in Stockport

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Matched pension up to 5%

Private healthcare

Job summary

Stockport Nub News is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to maintain and develop cloud infrastructure after a successful migration to Google Cloud Platform. The role is hands-on, combining modern cloud technologies with traditional infrastructure and troubleshooting.

The team is small and close-knit, with a focus on reliability, monitoring and automation. The role offers hybrid working with two days per week onsite in Stockport.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux infrastructure and troubleshooting skills.
• Docker and containerised environments.
• Kubernetes.
• Terraform/Infrastructure as Code.
• Monitoring, logging and troubleshooting production systems.
• Cloud platforms - ideally GCP or AWS.
• CI/CD and deployment tooling.

Responsibilities

• Join a small, experienced Platform team and work closely with Software Engineers to keep systems secure, reliable and performant.
• Hands-on role focusing on automation, monitoring, reliability, and incremental improvements rather than architecting a new platform from scratch.
• Work with modern cloud technologies (GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, FluxCD, GitHub) in a Linux environment.
• Contribute to improving automation, logging, and troubleshooting across production systems.

Skills

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Monitoring

CI/CD

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS)

Job description

Stockport Nub News is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to maintain and develop cloud infrastructure after a successful migration to Google Cloud Platform. The role is hands-on, combining modern cloud technologies with traditional infrastructure and troubleshooting.

The team is small and close-knit, with a focus on reliability, monitoring and automation. The role offers hybrid working with two days per week onsite in Stockport.