Platform Engineering Lead: Kubernetes, AWS & Security

SOFTNICE UK LIMITED; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

SOFTNICE UK LIMITED in London is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead / Platform Architect to own a Kubernetes-based banking platform on AWS. You will lead a small team, drive reliability and security standards, and coordinate with the programme, central platform, security teams and vendors.

The role requires hands-on AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform experience at scale, plus expertise in PKI, mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC and secure architecture.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AWS, Kubernetes/GitOps and Terraform at scale, with team or technical-lead experience.
• Solid grounding in PKI, mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC, and network and edge security.
• Experience running production platforms, including DR and incident management.
• Experience writing architecture decisions and presenting them to governance boards.
• CI/CD expertise and a pragmatic approach to controls in a regulated setting.
• Clear communicator across security, architecture and vendor stakeholders.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering.

Responsabilités

• Lead and mentor a small platform engineering team; set priorities, review designs and PRs, hire and onboard.
• Own production readiness, DR testing, pen-test and vulnerability remediation.
• Run the platform: AWS, EKS, Terraform, GitOps, policy enforcement, messaging and observability, with runbooks and incident ownership.
• Own vendor connectivity and security: Private and mTLS integrations, certificate lifecycle and identity, working with vendor technical teams.
• Own architecture decisions: Write and defend ADRs at architecture review boards.
• Set CI/CD and promotion standards: Audited pipelines and release gates, agreed with central engineering.
• Plan and report: Jira backlog, status reporting, cost estimates; raise risks early.
• Support delivery partners: Onboard new services onto the platform.

Connaissances

AWS

Kubernetes

GitOps

Terraform

PKI

mTLS

OAuth2/OIDC

Security

Incident management

Architecture decisions

CI/CD

Communication

AI-assisted engineering

Description du poste

SOFTNICE UK LIMITED in London is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead / Platform Architect to own a Kubernetes-based banking platform on AWS. You will lead a small team, drive reliability and security standards, and coordinate with the programme, central platform, security teams and vendors.

The role requires hands-on AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform experience at scale, plus expertise in PKI, mTLS, OAuth2/OIDC and secure architecture.