Platform Engineer - Secure, Mission-Critical Cloud & On-Prem

IBM SiXworks; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical cover

Life Assurance

Generous pension (10% employer, 5%员工)

Bonus

Professional development and training

Secure parking

Gym on site

Café & restaurant on site

Open break out spaces

Job summary

SiXworks is seeking a Platform Engineer to deploy new solutions in challenging environments and to enhance existing platforms. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and speed of delivery, with opportunities to work across cloud (AWS) and on-prem environments.

You’ll join a small, high-performing team, collaborate closely with customers, and contribute to production systems management, incident response, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and operating production systems.
• Ability to work in a security-focused delivery environment.
• Experience collaborating with teams and customers on operational solutions.

Responsibilities

• Deploy new solutions in challenging environments and enhance platforms.
• Balance reliability, performance, and operational excellence in live environments.
• Share ideas with team and customers and contribute to production support.

Skills

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Go

Rust

Bash

AWS

VMware

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Kubernetes

Helm

Zarf

UDS (Unicorn Delivery Service)

AWS

VMware

Job description

SiXworks is seeking a Platform Engineer to deploy new solutions in challenging environments and to enhance existing platforms. The role emphasizes reliability, security, and speed of delivery, with opportunities to work across cloud (AWS) and on-prem environments.

You’ll join a small, high-performing team, collaborate closely with customers, and contribute to production systems management, incident response, and continuous improvement.