Platform Engineer — Cloud-Native with Terraform & Kubernetes

Harrington Starr; Greater London; On-site; GBP 101,000 - 166,000; Part time

Job summary

Harrington Starr is seeking a high-impact Platform Engineer for an 8-week contract based in London (Bank Station). The role focuses on building a scalable, cloud-native infrastructure with automation, standardised governance and strong observability across Kubernetes estates.

You will own foundational platform workstreams including Terraform modules, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, DNS and tagging governance, RBAC patterns, Gateway API migration, and comprehensive architecture diagrams to set the future

Qualifications

• Strong experience building and operating Kubernetes platforms in cloud environments.
• Deep Terraform expertise, including reusable modules and infrastructure governance patterns.
• Experience delivering Infrastructure as Code programmes from design through deployment.

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering Terraform modules that manage Kubernetes clusters and associated cloud resources.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning through GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code practices.
• Establishing Terraform-managed DNS and standardised resource tagging frameworks across environments.
• Building reusable RBAC modules and defining access governance through codified permissions models.
• Leading the migration from legacy Ingress NGINX implementations to Gateway API architecture.
• Restructuring application routing and ingress management to improve maintainability and operational control.
• Embedding observability tooling and platform monitoring capabilities into cluster deployments.
• Producing clear architecture diagrams and technical documentation that become the future operational standard.
• Partnering with engineering leadership to establish scalable platform patterns across multiple environments.
• Influencing long-term platform strategy around automation, security and Kubernetes operations.

Skills

Kubernetes platforms

Platform automation

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Terraform

GitLab CI/CD

Gateway API

Ingress NGINX

Kubernetes

Job description

Harrington Starr is seeking a high-impact Platform Engineer for an 8-week contract based in London (Bank Station). The role focuses on building a scalable, cloud-native infrastructure with automation, standardised governance and strong observability across Kubernetes estates.

You will own foundational platform workstreams including Terraform modules, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, DNS and tagging governance, RBAC patterns, Gateway API migration, and comprehensive architecture diagrams to set the future