Product Engineer

Anson McCade; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 31,500 - 38,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Anson McCade is seeking a DevOps/Platform Engineer to join a large engineering environment delivering secure, high-availability platforms at scale.

You will operate at the intersection of development and operations, improving how software is built, deployed and managed across environments with a focus on reliability and engineering efficiency in regulated contexts.

Qualifications

• Experience in Linux-based environments and deployment tooling.
• Familiarity with networking fundamentals and PKI concepts.
• Exposure to Atlassian tools and open-source tooling across build/deploy ecosystems.
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines or platform tooling.
• Comfortable working across DevOps or platform engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Support and improve build, deployment and configuration management processes
• Interface with development and operations teams to ensure delivery outcomes
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application deployment issues
• Provide guidance on best practice across CI/CD and environment management
• Maintain and upgrade core engineering tooling and platform components
• Contribute to platform stability, scalability and service reliability

Skills

Linux

Networking basics

PKI concepts

Atlassian tools

CI/CD pipelines

Platform tooling

DevOps

Environment management

Tools

Jira

Bitbucket

Confluence

Job description

Salary: £35,000+ Depending on Experience

This is an opportunity to join a large, complex engineering environment delivering secure, high-availability platforms at scale. The role sits within a central engineering capability responsible for tooling, automation and platform reliability across multiple programmes.

You will operate at the intersection of development and operations, improving how software is built, deployed and managed across environments. The focus is on reliability, repeatability and engineering efficiency within regulated and security-conscious delivery contexts.

The organisation is a major UK-based technology and engineering employer supporting critical national infrastructure and defence programmes. Teams operate within structured, compliance-driven environments while adopting modern DevOps and platform engineering practices.

Key responsibilities:

• Support and improve build, deployment and configuration management processes
• Interface with development and operations teams to ensure delivery outcomes
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and application deployment issues
• Provide guidance on best practice across CI/CD and environment management
• Maintain and upgrade core engineering tooling and platform components
• Contribute to platform stability, scalability and service reliability

Candidate profile:

• Experience working in Linux-based environments
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and PKI concepts
• Exposure to Atlassian tools (e.g. Jira, Bitbucket, Confluence)
• Familiarity with open-source tooling across build and deployment ecosystems
• Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines or platform tooling
• Comfortable working across DevOps or platform engineering environments
• Hybrid working model with flexibility
• Structured progression within a large-scale engineering organisation
• Exposure to complex, multi-environment delivery programmes
• Long-term stability within a regulated sector