Platform Engineer - Terraform & Cloud Automation (Hybrid)

Lorien; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Hybrid working

Private healthcare

Recognition rewards

Professional development

Upskilling avenues

Friendly team

Job summary

Lorien's client is seeking a Platform Engineer based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, offering a hybrid pattern with around two days in the office. A base around £65k plus bonus is on the table for a candidate who can drive automation and IaC across Azure, Terraform, and cloud platforms.

You will join a team shaping a platform-driven approach, building reusable components and self-serve tooling for internal users while growing ownership and technical influence.

Qualifications

• Practical experience with IaC – Terraform / Terraform Cloud is a must-have.
• Hands-on production workload experience in a major public cloud (Azure/Azure DevOps preferred; AWS/GCP accepted).
• Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines with code review workflows.
• Automate and script with PowerShell, Bash or Python.
• Solid understanding of cloud networking and identity concepts (VNETs, private connectivity, DNS, IAM).
• Experience testing changes and following a formal change process.
• Ability to assemble evidence for releases (tests, rollback plans, handovers).
• Contribute ideas to technical designs and challenge where better options exist.
• Clear written and verbal communication; comfortable with AI-assisted development tools.
• Familiarity with configuration management, monitoring, alerting or incident response.
• Awareness of security and compliance basics.
• Experience with different cloud hosting models (managed databases, containers, orchestration).

Responsibilities

• Split time between hands-on build work and partnering with platform-dependent teams.
• Own defined platform chunks end-to-end from build to testing and handover.
• Define done criteria, testing, rollback, and post-release support requirements.
• Write and maintain pipelines and automation for cloud environments.
• Create reusable templates, modules and runbooks.
• Engage in design discussions and code reviews with senior engineers.
• Identify risks early and propose options rather than problems.
• Keep documentation up-to-date for future teams.

Skills

Terraform / Terraform Cloud

Azure / Azure DevOps

Git / CI/CD pipelines

PowerShell / Bash / Python

Cloud networking & identity

Infrastructure as code

Automation & scripting

Change management & testing

Documentation & handovers

Effective communicator

AI-assisted tooling awareness

Configuration management & monitoring

Security & compliance basics

Cloud hosting models experience

Job description

Lorien's client is seeking a Platform Engineer based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, offering a hybrid pattern with around two days in the office. A base around £65k plus bonus is on the table for a candidate who can drive automation and IaC across Azure, Terraform, and cloud platforms.

You will join a team shaping a platform-driven approach, building reusable components and self-serve tooling for internal users while growing ownership and technical influence.