Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & IaC (Contract)

Harrington Starr; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrington Starr is seeking a Platform Engineer to modernise and automate its Kubernetes estate for a Fintech that works with Asset Managers, Hedgefunds and Investment Banks. This contract focuses on replacing manual infrastructure management with Infrastructure as Code, improving platform security, and upgrading cluster networking.

You’ll own Terraform modules for clusters, DNS and RBAC, Gateway API and Ingress, plus observability, monitoring and platform documentation.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Kubernetes platforms and IaC-based automation.
• Strong knowledge of networking, security and RBAC in prod.
• Hands-on with Gateway API, Ingress and observability tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own Terraform modules for clusters, DNS and RBAC.
• Gateway API implementation and NGINX retirement.
• Cluster observability and monitoring.
• Kubernetes networking, routing and access controls.
• Platform documentation and architecture standards.
• Gateway API / Ingress.
• Platform engineering in production environments.
• Drive critical platform transformation with high ownership.

Skills

Kubernetes

Platform engineering

Terraform

Automation

Networking

RBAC

Observability

Ingress

Documentation

Gateway API

Tools

Terraform

NGINX

Gateway API

DNS

Monitoring

Job description

Harrington Starr is seeking a Platform Engineer to modernise and automate its Kubernetes estate for a Fintech that works with Asset Managers, Hedgefunds and Investment Banks. This contract focuses on replacing manual infrastructure management with Infrastructure as Code, improving platform security, and upgrading cluster networking.

You’ll own Terraform modules for clusters, DNS and RBAC, Gateway API and Ingress, plus observability, monitoring and platform documentation.