Senior Platform Engineer

Orlaroseassociates; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Colchester is seeking a Platform Engineer to design and maintain their Internal Developer Platform and cloud infrastructure. This full-time role allows for a hybrid work model with 2-3 days in the office. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years' experience in platform engineering, a strong record in scaling systems, and be passionate about improving developer experience. You'll contribute to impactful technology that enhances public sector operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade systems.
• Experience working in agile teams with fast iteration cycles.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve self-service tooling and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor and ensure reliability of the platform.

Skills

Empathy toward developers

Curiosity

Strong communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Job description

Colchester, Essex - Hybrid model of 2-3 days per week in office

Term

Full Time

Job Description

About the role

We’re on a mission to help create a safer and fairer world. We build software that enables public sector organisations to enforce and track traffic and parking offences, manage permits and licences, and control high-risk assets.

Following significant investment and a period of rapid growth, we’re scaling our platform, strengthening our ways of working, and building robust systems and processes to support the next phase of expansion in the UK and internationally.

This is an exciting time to join. We’re looking for ambitious, forward-thinking people who want to make a real impact and grow their careers in a fast-moving environment.

Summary

In this role, you’ll contribute to technology that helps customers make the world safer and fairer. As a Platform Engineer, you’ll design, build, and maintain our Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and cloud infrastructure—enabling engineering teams to ship high-quality software faster and more reliably.

Key responsibilities

• Build and evolve self-service tooling, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and cloud environments (Azure)
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform and Ansible, alongside GitOps workflows
• Create “golden paths” and “paved roads” to reduce cognitive load and improve developer experience
• Monitor, optimise, and ensure security, scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency of the platform
• Collaborate with SRE, Security, and application teams to define standards and best practices
• Automate repetitive tasks and reduce toil through tooling, documentation, and runbooks
• Drive adoption of modern platform practices such as observability, progressive delivery, and chaos engineering

We’re looking for someone who is

• Empathetic toward developers and passionate about reducing friction
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to drive initiatives end-to-end
• Energised by a fast-paced environment
• Curious and committed to continuous learning and knowledge-sharing
• A strong communicator with a sense of ownership and a bias for action

Your experience

• 3+ years’ experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure roles
• A proven track record of building and scaling production-grade systems
• Experience working in agile teams with fast iteration cycles
• Exposure to large-scale deployments supporting 100+ developers or multiple product teams
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems, with a focus on performance and cost optimisation

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