Platform Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & Multi-Cloud Ownership

Vertus Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Hybrid work

Job summary

Vertus Partners is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to own and evolve a large-scale cloud platform with a hands-on remit. The role covers design, implementation and ongoing improvement across Azure-dominant environments with AWS exposure, and requires strong Kubernetes and Terraform expertise.

You will drive automation, infrastructure as code, security and platform standards, delivering scalable cloud solutions while collaborating with multiple engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience as Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer or similar.
• Hands-on Kubernetes engineering, including building and operating AKS/EKS.
• Strong Terraform and/or Bicep implementation experience.
• Knowledge of VNets/VPCs, routing, security controls, and private connectivity.
• Experience designing Azure cloud platforms and CI/CD for infra deployment.
• Understanding of containers, microservices and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve cloud platform environments and supporting infrastructure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code, moving from Bicep to Terraform.
• Design, configure and enhance Kubernetes platforms and services.
• Work on cloud networking, connectivity, security and platform architecture.
• Support Disaster Recovery design and implementation.
• Manage cloud databases for reliability, scalability and performance.
• Develop IAM templates and improve identity and access processes.
• Build automation to provision and manage environments.
• Identify ways to scale, resilience and efficiency of the platform.
• Take ownership of technical projects and coordinate delivery across teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud platform engineering

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Multi-cloud

Security & IAM

Automation

Problem-solving

Ownership

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure AKS

AWS EKS

Kafka

PowerShell / Bash

Job description

Vertus Partners is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to own and evolve a large-scale cloud platform with a hands-on remit. The role covers design, implementation and ongoing improvement across Azure-dominant environments with AWS exposure, and requires strong Kubernetes and Terraform expertise.

You will drive automation, infrastructure as code, security and platform standards, delivering scalable cloud solutions while collaborating with multiple engineering teams.