Principal Platform Engineer: Secure Cloud & Hybrid

Leonardo UK Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off flexi‑days

Pension with 15% employer contribution

Mental health support

Free access to online courses (Courser

Flexible benefits budget

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK in Bristol is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead design, delivery and secure platform solutions across on‑premise, hybrid and cloud environments.

You will act as a technical authority, mentor engineers, and work with stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust architectures. The role offers hybrid working and the opportunity to work on mission‑critical defence and public sector platforms.

Qualifications

• Windows and Linux operating systems knowledge required.
• Experience with secure platform design and delivery.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of secure platforms across on‑premise, hybrid, and cloud environments.
• Capture, analyse, and interpret customer requirements to drive system design.
• Develop high‑ and low‑level designs aligned with secure‑by‑design principles.

Skills

Windows/Linux

Virtualisation/Containers

Networking

Automation scripting

Cyber security controls

Systems engineering lifecycle

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Kubernetes

Docker

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Leonardo UK in Bristol is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead design, delivery and secure platform solutions across on‑premise, hybrid and cloud environments.

You will act as a technical authority, mentor engineers, and work with stakeholders to translate complex requirements into robust architectures. The role offers hybrid working and the opportunity to work on mission‑critical defence and public sector platforms.