SC-Cleared Platform Engineer | Secure Cloud & Infra

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary range £43,500–£56,500

Hybrid from Glasgow

Equity or stock options

Flexible working hours

Learning and development budget

Job summary

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Glasgow is seeking an SC Cleared Platform Engineer to help design, build and run secure government infrastructure. This role sits within a fast-moving Defence & Government startup that values fast decisions and trusted work on sensitive systems.

You'll implement cloud and on‑premise platforms, automate deployments with IaC tools, and collaborate with development teams to improve reliability, security and deployment speed. Hybrid working from Glasgow is available.

Qualifications

• SC clearance is essential for this role.
• Experience with Linux system administration and container orchestration.
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform/Ansible) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience across AWS/Azure or on-prem government cloud environments.
• Strong communication and ability to work independently in a flat team.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain cloud and on-premise platform infrastructure for secure government workloads.
• Automate deployment pipelines and provisioning using Terraform, Ansible or similar.
• Monitor system health and respond to incidents across production and pre-production environments.
• Work closely with development teams to improve reliability, security and deployment speed.
• Contribute to security hardening and compliance work in line with government and MOD standards.
• Document platform architecture and operational runbooks as the systems evolve.

Skills

Active SC clearance

Linux administration

Container orchestration

Infrastructure as code

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud environments

Communication

Independent work

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

The Opportunity Hub UK Ltd in Glasgow is seeking an SC Cleared Platform Engineer to help design, build and run secure government infrastructure. This role sits within a fast-moving Defence & Government startup that values fast decisions and trusted work on sensitive systems.

You'll implement cloud and on‑premise platforms, automate deployments with IaC tools, and collaborate with development teams to improve reliability, security and deployment speed. Hybrid working from Glasgow is available.