Platform Reliability Engineer (eDV) – National Security

Forward Role; England; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Forward Role is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (eDV) to join a National Security engineering team. You will own platform reliability, reduce firefighting, and improve deployment, resilience and observability in production.

You’ll work with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux and CI/CD across secure live environments, collaborating with Software and Platform teams. Active eDV clearance is required for this opportunity.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering production-grade platforms on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Strong automation mindset with CI/CD pipelines and scripting (Python/Bash).
• Ability to improve deployment resilience and observability in secure environments.

Responsibilities

• Own platform reliability and reduce reactive firefighting.
• Improve deployment, resilience, monitoring, and performance in production.
• Collaborate with Software and Platform teams across secure environments.
• Work with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Linux to optimise systems.

Skills

Python

Bash

Monitoring & observability

Automation

Reliability engineering

Performance engineering

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux

CI/CD

Job description

Forward Role is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (eDV) to join a National Security engineering team. You will own platform reliability, reduce firefighting, and improve deployment, resilience and observability in production.

You’ll work with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux and CI/CD across secure live environments, collaborating with Software and Platform teams. Active eDV clearance is required for this opportunity.