Senior Linux Platform Engineer - Cloud, Automation & CI/CD

National Physical Laboratory (NPL); Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pension

Flexible working

Job summary

National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build and support Linux-based infrastructure across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will work across virtualization, container platforms and storage, delivering reliable, scalable platforms for research and engineering teams.

This role emphasizes automation with Terraform, Ansible, scripting and CI/CD pipelines, plus platform security, RBAC and monitoring.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux systems administration and platform engineering experience.
• Expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, virtualization, and cloud technologies (Azure).
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and CI/CD pipelines.
• Knowledge of enterprise technologies such as Citrix, monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engineer and support Linux-based infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Manage virtualisation, container platforms and storage technologies.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions.
• Automate operational processes using tools such as Terraform, Ansible and scripting languages.
• Implement platform security, RBAC, secrets management and monitoring solutions.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and provide expert technical support.
• Collaborate with security researchers, engineers and operational teams to deliver reliable, scalable platforms.

Skills

Linux administration

Platform engineering

Azure cloud

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD pipelines

RBAC & secrets

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD tooling

Job description

National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build and support Linux-based infrastructure across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will work across virtualization, container platforms and storage, delivering reliable, scalable platforms for research and engineering teams.

This role emphasizes automation with Terraform, Ansible, scripting and CI/CD pipelines, plus platform security, RBAC and monitoring.