Platform Engineer: Kubernetes, AWS & CI/CD Expert

Sinara Consultants; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Central London Bermondsey

Training & certification support

Pension options

Income protection

Job summary

Sinara is seeking a Platform Engineer to manage and improve Kubernetes infrastructure, AWS environments, and CI/CD pipelines. You will enable secure, scalable software delivery while supporting SaaS platforms and cloud-native architectures.

The role requires hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, and modern GitOps tooling, with hybrid working in Bermondsey, London. Training and certification support are provided.

Qualifications

• Extensive AWS cloud experience and production AWS admin.
• Hands-on Kubernetes in production.
• Docker and Kubernetes expertise.
• Experience with microservices architectures.
• Infrastructure as Code tools: Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiar with CI/CD platforms and deployment automation.
• Monitoring/observability with CloudWatch/Prometheus/Grafana/ELK.
• Linux systems administration knowledge.
• Troubleshooting complex infra issues.
• Networking knowledge: DNS, load balancing, TLS/SSL.
• DevOps or SRE practices exposure.
• Experience with Amazon EKS.
• Exposure to GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins.
• Security best practices in AWS/Kubernetes.
• GitOps tooling: Helm, ArgoCD.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL.
• Experience supporting SaaS platforms.
• AWS and Kubernetes certifications (e.g., AWS Solutions Architect).
• CKA/CKAD certifications.

Responsibilities

• Manage and improve Kubernetes infrastructure reliability and performance.
• Operate containerised workloads, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with development teams to enable secure software delivery.
• Implement monitoring and observability strategies.

Skills

AWS cloud

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux admin

Networking basics

DevOps/SRE

EKS

GitOps tools

Security best practices

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Helm

ArgoCD

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

ELK

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

CloudFormation

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Helm

ArgoCD

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Job description

Sinara is seeking a Platform Engineer to manage and improve Kubernetes infrastructure, AWS environments, and CI/CD pipelines. You will enable secure, scalable software delivery while supporting SaaS platforms and cloud-native architectures.

The role requires hands-on experience with Kubernetes, AWS, Docker, and modern GitOps tooling, with hybrid working in Bermondsey, London. Training and certification support are provided.