Platform Software Engineer

Hackajob Ltd; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave

Pension scheme

Mental health support

Education & training access

Referral rewards

Flexible benefits up to £500

Job summary

hackajob is partnering with Leonardo to hire for a Platform Engineer role in Edinburgh. The position focuses on building and operating core infra, container platforms and hosting for our engineering platform, with hybrid working and on-site requirements.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, security, reliability and observability, with exposure to CI/CD, cloud, Linux and scripting across multiple tech stacks.

Qualifications

• Experience with Linux server administration.
• Experience with cloud platforms, virtualization and containers.
• Experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• Programming/scripting in Python, Bash or Go.
• Experience with monitoring, observability and SRE practices.
• Experience in infrastructure, networking and performance troubleshooting.
• Experience in secure, resilient and scalable system design.
• Experience in technical documentation and operational guidance.
• Technical leadership and mentoring experience.
• Problem solving and engineering judgement.
• Experience supporting business-critical platforms.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and software delivery lifecycles.
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Curiosity and drive for continuous improvement.
• BPSS baseline screening; potential for SC/DV.

Responsibilities

• Shape, build and operate the infrastructure and services underpinning the engineering platform.
• Own core development tools and infrastructure including compute, containers and hosting.
• Provide technical guidance and help teams adopt best practices.
• Improve reliability and reduce operational risk and manual effort.
• Use cloud platforms, container orchestration, IaC and automation to deliver secure services.
• Investigate complex issues and improve observability.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

Linux administration

Cloud platforms

Container platforms

SRE practices

Networking

Performance troubleshooting

Observability

Security design

Tech leadership

Documentation

Mentoring

CI/CD familiarity

Problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Continuous improvement

Tools

Bash

CI/CD

Cloud

Linux

Python

Security

DevOps

Job description

Salary: £70,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements

• We are ideally looking for experience in Linux, application and server administration.
• We are ideally looking for experience with cloud platforms, virtualisation and containers.
• We are ideally looking for experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management.
• We are ideally looking for experience in programming and scripting, such as Python, Bash or Go.
• We are ideally looking for experience with monitoring, observability and SRE practices.
• We are ideally looking for experience in infrastructure, networking and performance troubleshooting.
• We are ideally looking for experience in secure, resilient and scalable system design.
• We are ideally looking for experience in technical documentation and operational guidance.
• We are ideally looking for experience in technical leadership and mentoring.
• Beneficial skills include strong problem-solving and engineering judgement.
• Beneficial skills include experience supporting business-critical platforms.
• Beneficial skills include familiarity with CI/CD and software delivery lifecycles.
• Beneficial skills include effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Beneficial skills include curiosity and a drive for continuous improvement.
• This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Governments Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS).
• Additional Personnel Security Controls may apply, including eligibility for Security Check (SC) or Developed Vetting (DV).

Responsibilities

• We help shape, build and operate the infrastructure and services that underpin our engineering platform, from requirements and design through to deployment, support and continuous improvement.
• We take ownership of core development tools and infrastructure, including compute, container platforms, application hosting and quality assurance systems.
• We provide technical guidance and help engineering teams adopt consistent best practices.
• We improve reliability and help reduce operational risk and manual effort.
• We use technologies such as cloud platforms, container orchestration, infrastructure as code and automation to deliver secure, scalable and resilient services.
• We investigate complex technical issues and improve observability.

Technologies

• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• Linux
• Python
• Security
• DevOps

More

hackajob is partnering directly with Leonardo to hire for this role. Leonardo is a global high-tech company and a key player in Aerospace, Defence and Security, developing advanced multi-domain technological solutions across Air, Land, Sea, Space and Cyber. We are growing our Platform Team to design, develop and maintain the core development infrastructure that supports our diverse portfolio of aerospace and defence systems. This permanent role is based in Edinburgh, with hybrid working noted, although full-time on-site working is required due to the nature of the role. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package including generous leave with up to 12 additional flexi-days each year, an award-winning pension scheme with up to 15% employer contribution, free access to mental health support and financial advice, employee-led inclusion networks, a bonus scheme for management level and below, access to 4,000 online courses via Coursera and LinkedIn Learning, referral rewards, and flexible benefits up to £500 annually for items such as private healthcare, dental, family cover, tech and lifestyle discounts, and gym memberships. We are committed to an inclusive, accessible and welcoming workplace where our people are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology and enhancing global safety.

last updated 38 week of 2026