Platform Engineering Manager

Trust in SODA; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

AWS/CKA Certification

Pension 10%

Private Medical/Dental

Flexi Benefits

Travel to client site

Hybrid Working

Job summary

Trust in SODA is seeking a Managing Platform Engineer to lead a major Kubernetes-based DevOps transformation within a UK government project. The role covers cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), Kubernetes, IaC and CI/CD, with leadership responsibilities and hybrid working.

The package includes AWS/CKA related certification opportunities, pension, private medical/dental and travel to client sites. Suitable candidates will have SC eligibility and be prepared to operate across multiple UK locations,

Qualifications

• Expert in cloud platforms and container orchestration.
• Experience leading platform engineering teams.
• Strong automation via IaC and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform engineering for large Kubernetes environment.
• Maintain and scale AWS/GCP/Azure based systems.
• Oversee CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices and tooling.
• Implement observability and performance improvements.
• Collaborate with government project teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes mastery

CI/CD & GitOps

Observability tooling

Linux systems

Leadership / Line management

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Github Actions

Jenkins

Dynatrace

Grafana

Kops/Helm/ServiceMesh

Job description

Managing Platform Engineer

Consultancy/Govt

London, Woking, Worthing, Bristol, Birmingham, Telford, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle

£90-110k

SC Eligibility Required

Do you want to play a leading role on one of the biggest K8s projects in Europe - one running over 400 Pods (and 140k Nodes) at any one time?

Do you want to get AWS & CKA certified on company time whilst also using these tools day in day out in production environments?

I am partnered with one of the world’s top tech consultancies who are spearheading a multi-year DevOps transformation at a top Govt department.

The project aims to completely revolutionise the way the UK Government operates online and will create numerous public benefits including cutting waiting times, vastly improved CX and cost savings in the millions of pounds.

They are now looking for a Managing & Lead Platform Engineer to join their team and help with the ongoing support, optimisation and scaling of this project. Their ideal candidate would be an expert within:

• Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Kubernetes (Helm, Kops, ServiceMesh, Istio)
• IaC (Terraform, Ansible)
• CI/CD (GitOps, Github Actions, Jenkins)
• Observability (OTel, Dynatrace, Grafana)
• Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian)
• Leadership / Line Management

What’s in it for you?

• Certification Scheme (AWS, CKA, Hashicorp)
• Uncapped Progressions (Just hit the criteria and you will continually climb the ranks)
• 10% combined pension
• Private Medical/Dental
• Flexi Benefits (Life Assurance, GIP, Dental etc.)
• Travel expenses to client siteHybrid Working

If you’re passionate about leading K8s heavy Platform teams and keen to work on one of the country’s most high-profile digital transformations then