Senior Platform Engineer

Pab Staffing Solutions Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 78,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cash benefit

Pension (non-contributory)

Discretionary bonus

Hybrid work

Job summary

Pab Staffing Solutions Ltd is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer in London to join a Tier 1 banking organisation. The role is hybrid, requiring 1 day per week in the office, and focuses on building and automating secure, scalable cloud platforms using Azure, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

You will own design, build and operate Azure platforms, develop pipelines and ensure high availability, with exposure to production cloud infrastructure and DR.

Qualifications

• 10+ years' experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure or DevOps.
• Strong, hands-on Azure experience – essential.
• Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience – essential, ideally AKS.
• Strong hands-on Terraform / Infrastructure as Code – essential.
• Experience building and managing production cloud infrastructure.
• Strong CI/CD experience.
• Experience with cloud networking and security.
• Hands-on experience with Disaster Recovery and high availability.
• Experience with monitoring and observability.
• Ability to work 1 day per week in the London office.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate secure, scalable and highly available Azure platforms.
• Build and maintain Kubernetes and containerised environments.
• Develop reusable infrastructure using Terraform.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes.
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and maintain cloud networking and security controls.
• Support platform resilience, disaster recovery and availability.
• Monitor platform performance, reliability and operational health.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues.
• Contribute to technical designs, code reviews and engineering best practice.
• Work closely with engineering and technology teams to continuously improve the platform.

Skills

Azure experience

Kubernetes / AKS

Terraform

CI/CD

Cloud networking

Security controls

Disaster Recovery

Observability/Monitoring

Production cloud infrastructure

London office presence

Tools

AKS

Terraform

Azure

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer

Location: London
Working Pattern: Hybrid – 1 day per week in the office
Salary: Up to £90,000 + 10% cash benefit + 10% non-contributory pension + discretionary bonus

About the Role

We are recruiting for a Senior Platform Engineer to join a technology team within a Tier 1 banking organisation.

This is a hands-on platform engineering role focused on building, automating and continuously improving secure, scalable and highly available cloud platforms.

Essential Experience

To be considered, you will need:

• 10+ years' experience in Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure or DevOps
• Strong, hands-on Azure experience – essential
• Strong hands-on Kubernetes experience – essential, ideally AKS
• Strong hands-on Terraform / Infrastructure as Code – essential
• Experience building and managing production cloud infrastructure
• Strong CI/CD experience
• Experience with cloud networking and security
• Hands-on experience with Disaster Recovery and high availability
• Experience with monitoring and observability
• Ability to work 1 day per week in the London office

Candidates without strong hands-on Azure, Kubernetes and Terraform experience will not be considered.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate secure, scalable and highly available Azure platforms
• Build and maintain Kubernetes and containerised environments
• Develop reusable infrastructure using Terraform
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes
• Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines
• Implement and maintain cloud networking and security controls
• Support platform resilience, disaster recovery and availability
• Monitor platform performance, reliability and operational health
• Troubleshoot infrastructure and platform issues
• Contribute to technical designs, code reviews and engineering best practice
• Work closely with engineering and technology teams to continuously improve the platform

Technical Environment

Azure | Kubernetes / AKS | Terraform | CI/CD | Cloud Networking | Containers | Monitoring & Observability

Desirable Experience

• MongoDB
• Cosmos DB / SQL PaaS
• Azure Monitor / Log Analytics / Application Insights
• Grafana
• Ansible, Chef or Puppet
• Azure Landing Zones / CAF
• Hub & Spoke networking

Important Information

This is a hybrid London-based role requiring 1 day per week in the office.

If you have strong hands-on experience across Azure, Kubernetes and Terraform and are looking for a senior platform engineering opportunity, we would like to hear from you.