SC-Cleared AWS Platform Engineer (Kubernetes/EKS) – Remote UK

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United Kingdom

Remote

GBP 99,000 - 104,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking an experienced SC-cleared AWS Platform Engineer with Kubernetes/EKS expertise to join a cloud platform team delivering secure, scalable container platforms. This role emphasizes automation, platform reliability, and cloud-native engineering in a remote UK setting with occasional on-site attendance.

The ideal candidate will design and operate Kubernetes environments in AWS, implement IaC with Terraform, and contribute to CI/CD/GitOps and observability initiatives.

Qualifications

SC clearance required and active
Extensive Kubernetes experience in AWS
Experience designing, operating Kubernetes platforms
Proficient with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Strong CI/CD and GitOps exposure
Demonstrated observability with Prometheus/Grafana/CloudWatch

Responsibilities

Design, build, and manage Kubernetes platforms using Amazon EKS
Implement cluster security, networking, scalability, and resilience
Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform and related tooling
Automate platform provisioning, upgrades, scaling, and ops
Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployments
Implement monitoring, observability, and performance optimization
Troubleshoot platform and infra issues and apply security best practices
Support development teams with containerisation and deployment strategies
Create technical documentation and promote platform engineering best practices

Skills

Kubernetes

Amazon EKS

AWS

Terraform

Docker

Podman

OpenShift

CI/CD

DevOps

Automation

High availability

Disaster recovery

Kubernetes security

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

Dynatrace

Python

Ansible

Tools