Platform Engineer - Financial Services (remote working)

Vertus Partners; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Remote-first with weekly office day

Job summary

Vertus Partners is seeking a senior Platform/Cloud Engineer to own technical solutions from requirements through delivery, collaborating with senior platform engineers. The role involves shaping the technical approach, developing a delivery plan, and leading delivery across teams.

You will design and improve Kubernetes environments, implement Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Bicep, and contribute to cloud networking, security and platform architecture.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience as a Platform Engineer or Cloud Engineer.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience, AKS or EKS, and building/enhancing Kubernetes environments.
• Strong Terraform and/or Bicep design experience (not just consumption).
• Knowledge of cloud networking (VNets/VPCs), routing, firewalls and security controls.
• Experience designing Azure cloud platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated infrastructure deployment.
• Understanding of containers and microservices in cloud-native architectures.
• Experience with platform components in Kubernetes (e.g., Kafka).
• Good cloud security IAM knowledge.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, observability.
• Problem-solving and cross-team collaboration; finance sector exposure.

Responsibilities

• Designing and improving cloud platform environments and infrastructure.
• Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (Bicep to Terraform).
• Designing, configuring and enhancing Kubernetes platforms and related services.
• Working on cloud networking, connectivity, security and platform architecture.
• Supporting Disaster Recovery capabilities.
• Working with cloud databases for reliability, scalability and performance.
• Developing IAM templates and access processes.
• Building automation for provisioning and management of environments.
• Identifying opportunities to improve scalability, resilience and efficiency.
• Contributing to platform standards and reusable solutions; owning projects across teams.
• Taking ownership of technical projects and coordinating delivery across multiple teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Terraform/Bicep

CI/CD

Cloud networking

Azure/AWS design

Multi-cloud

Observability

IAM/Security

Ownership & delivery

Financial services experience

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Azure AKS

AWS EKS

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

£90,000 + cash benefits + bonus | Remote-first | 1 day per week in the office

The role

The successful engineer will work alongside existing senior platform engineers and take ownership of technical solutions from initial requirements through to delivery.

This could involve:

• Designing and improving cloud platform environments and the infrastructure supporting them.
• Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code, with an ongoing move from Bicep towards Terraform.
• Designing, configuring and enhancing Kubernetes platforms, including the wider technologies and services running within those clusters.
• Working on cloud networking, connectivity, security and platform architecture.
• Supporting the design and implementation of Disaster Recovery capabilities.
• Working with cloud databases and helping ensure they remain reliable, scalable and performant.
• Developing IAM templates and improving identity and access processes.
• Building automation and improving the way environments are provisioned and managed.
• Identifying areas where the existing platform can be made more scalable, resilient and efficient.
• Contributing to platform standards, engineering practices and reusable solutions.
• Taking ownership of technical projects and coordinating their delivery across multiple teams.

There is a strong emphasis on solution engineering and ownership. This isn't simply a role where requirements are handed over and the engineer implements them. The expectation is that you'll help understand the problem, shape the technical approach, develop a delivery plan and see it through.

What they are looking for

The most important requirement is strong, practical Kubernetes and cloud platform engineering experience.

You’ll ideally have:

• Significant commercial experience working as a Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer or similar.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Kubernetes, particularly building, configuring and enhancing Kubernetes environments. Azure AKS or AWS EKS experience would be highly relevant.
• Strong Terraform and/or Bicep experience, including designing infrastructure rather than simply consuming existing modules.
• Good knowledge of cloud networking, including VNets/VPCs, routing, firewalls, private connectivity, WAFs and security controls.
• Experience designing and operating Azure cloud platforms.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated infrastructure deployment.
• An understanding of containers, microservices and cloud‑native architectures.
• Experience working with platform components and services deployed into Kubernetes environments, such as Kafka or similar technologies.
• Good understanding of cloud security, IAM and access management.
• Experience with monitoring, logging and observability.
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work across a varied technical environment.
• Plenty of experience working in another financial services firm

Experience with AWS alongside Azure would be advantageous, particularly for engineers who have worked in genuine multi-cloud environments.

This role needs someone operating comfortably at a senior engineering level. Technical ability is important, but so is ownership. You'll need to be comfortable taking responsibility for a piece of work, engaging with different stakeholders, explaining technical options, agreeing an approach and driving the resulting delivery. It's a good fit for someone who enjoys variety and wants to be involved in how a platform evolves, rather than concentrating solely on keeping an existing environment running.

Package & working arrangements

• £90,000 base salary + bash benefits + bonus
• Remote-first working - typically 1 day per week in the office