Platform Engineer - Shape Core Services & Automation

Acturis Limited; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Acturis Limited is seeking a Platform/Systems Engineer to help deliver and evolve core platform services, and to support engineering teams across our global SaaS estate. You will build reusable patterns, drive automation, and improve developer experience.

You’ll work in a Windows-based environment with PowerShell, Ansible, and Bash, contributing to CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code practices while thriving in a collaborative, fast-moving culture that values progression and ownership.

Qualifications

• Experience in platform, infrastructure, or systems engineering, ideally within a Microsoft Windows-based environment.
• Strong automation and scripting skills using tools such as PowerShell, Ansible, or Bash, with exposure to CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code approaches.
• Are a proactive problem solver who can work independently, improve operational processes, and adapt quickly within a fast-moving engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and enhance core platform services and reusable platform components that support our wider application estate and engineering teams.
• Build and evolve self-service capabilities and standardised platform patterns (“golden paths”), driving automation and improving the developer experience.
• Support the reliability and operation of critical platform services through monitoring, incident response, continuous improvement, and engineering best practices.

Skills

PowerShell

Ansible

Bash

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

Windows

Job description

Acturis Limited is seeking a Platform/Systems Engineer to help deliver and evolve core platform services, and to support engineering teams across our global SaaS estate. You will build reusable patterns, drive automation, and improve developer experience.

You’ll work in a Windows-based environment with PowerShell, Ansible, and Bash, contributing to CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code practices while thriving in a collaborative, fast-moving culture that values progression and ownership.