Platform Engineer (Kubernetes + Automation)

CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global IT Consultancy is seeking a Platform Engineer with strong Kubernetes and automation skills to join their team in Sheffield. The role focuses on engineering, fulfilment, and operational tasks to maintain large scale Kubernetes environments, implementing configuration changes, and automating tasks. This position offers a hybrid working model with 60% office and 40% home. Ideal candidates will have experience with Linux, networking, and managing complex server estates, navigating both on-site and off-site responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Kubernetes and automation practices.
• Knowledge of Linux and networking within the container ecosystem.
• Experience in maintaining large Kubernetes environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering and operational tasks across the Core Platform.
• Maintain large scale Kubernetes environments.
• Implement hands on configuration changes and automation.

Skills

Strong Kubernetes skills

Automation experience

Linux knowledge

Networking knowledge

Container ecosystem knowledge

Tools

Python

Ansible

GitHub

Jira

Jenkins

Job description

Platform Engineer (Kubernetes + Automation)

Rate: 400 - 430 a day

IR35: Inside IR35

Location: Sheffield Hybrid - 60% office 40% home

Duration: 6 Months initially.

You will join a global IT Consultancy delivering digital transformation to a financial services company.

Role Overview

The Core Platform Engineering Team is responsible for the end to end operation, automation and enhancement of a large scale hybrid server estate supporting business critical workloads. This is a mixed engineering role, where team members contribute across fulfilment, implementation, platform maintenance, automation, and continuous improvement activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver engineering, fulfilment and operational tasks across the Core Platform.
• Operate and maintain large scale Kubernetes (K8s) environments.
• Perform hands on implementation and configuration changes.
• Automate operational tasks using Python, Ansible, GitHub, Jira, Jenkins.
• Troubleshoot incidents and drive continuous improvement.

Required Skills & Experience

• Strong Kubernetes skills.
• Automation experience.
• Linux, networking, container ecosystem knowledge.

Preferred

• Experience operating large server estates.