Platform Engineer – Cloud, Kubernetes & SRE (London Hybrid)

Pacific Life; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension scheme

Cycle to Work

Job summary

UnderwriteMe is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and operate our cloud platform, focusing on scalable Kubernetes clusters, cloud security and developer experience. You will work with a team of engineers to improve time‑to‑production and reliability across multiple regions, supporting product teams and customer success.

You will collaborate across teams, implement IaC and CI/CD practices, and mentor others.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and operating distributed AWS cloud infrastructure.
• Deep knowledge of AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and GitOps deployment.
• Proven ability to lead initiatives from discovery to delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform initiatives from concept through production with timely delivery.
• Maintain a global, highly available infrastructure across regions.
• Champion best practices in CI/CD, SRE, networking and cloud security.
• Mentor engineers and drive adoption of new tools and patterns.

Skills

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

GitOps

Networking

IAM

Observability

Security

Tools

Helm

Job description

UnderwriteMe is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build and operate our cloud platform, focusing on scalable Kubernetes clusters, cloud security and developer experience. You will work with a team of engineers to improve time‑to‑production and reliability across multiple regions, supporting product teams and customer success.

You will collaborate across teams, implement IaC and CI/CD practices, and mentor others.