Senior Platform Engineer

Megaport; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to drive DevOps initiatives and engage with stakeholders. The role requires 3+ years in Linux systems, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes. The company offers flexible working environments and a wellness program, emphasizing collaboration and creative workspaces.

Benefits

Flexible working environments

Birthday Leave

Generous study and training allowance

Health and wellness program

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Linux systems administration and Infrastructure.
• Focus on automation and 'infrastructure as code'.
• Strong skills with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Driving initiatives within the Platform Engineering sphere.
• Championing high standards of work and industry best practices.
• Communicating with teams and stakeholders at all stages.

Skills

Linux systems administration

Automation

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Bash

Terraform

CI platforms (GitHub/GitLab)

Database management

Observability tools

Job description

About Megaport

We’re not your typical tech company – and we don’t want to be. Megaport is the global leader in Network as a Service (NaaS), and has transformed the way businesses connect to the cloud, data centers, and each other. We’re publicly listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and partnered with the biggest names in tech like Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Oracle, IBM, and more. Headquartered in Brisbane with a crew of over 350 people spread across Asia‑Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, our employees enjoy an environment that is collaborative, supportive, and (actually) fun.

Our Team Culture

We’re a team of problem solvers, pixel pushers, code slingers, and cloud fanatics. Culture is more than a poster on the wall here – collaboration beats hierarchy, curiosity fuels our growth, and everyone’s voice matters. We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. We work across time zones to execute on our global vision, trust each other to get things done, and never compromise our values for commercial gain. Most importantly, we place our customers at the center of everything we do.

The Role

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you are a champion for DevOps and SRE culture and industry best practice within Megaport. You will work alongside talented team members in multiple timezones ensuring that systems are secure, maintainable and available. External to the team you will be engaging with stakeholders in requirements analysis and demonstrations. Technically you will be very hands on. Continually evolving your skills through a mix of peer reviews and research. Ultimately your obsession is customer success and ensuring company goals are met.

What You Will Be Doing

• Driving initiatives within the Platform Engineering sphere.
• Championing high standards of work and industry best practices.
• Communicating with teams and stakeholders at all stages.
• Bringing fresh ideas to the table and encouraging others.
• Diving into complex technical problems with a can‑do attitude.
• Working across numerous technologies in a fast‑changing industry.
• Increasing Developers' productivity through enhanced tooling.
• Writing code, handling alerts, improving solutions, and supporting others.
• Playing a crucial role in the success of your company and team.

What We Are Looking For

• 3+ years of experience in Linux systems administration and Infrastructure.
• Ability to design robust solutions to technical challenges.
• Focus on automation and "infrastructure as code", including automated testing of infrastructure code.
• Agile mindset with the ability to work in a collaborative manner.
• Strong skills with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience with Helm and ArgoCD is highly desirable.
• Software development – Bash, plus either Python or Go preferred, or similar.
• Infrastructure‑as‑code tooling experience – Terraform preferred.
• CI platforms & revision control systems, Github or Gitlab preferred.
• Database experience – one of Postgres, Cassandra, OpenSearch preferred.
• Solid understanding of observability (MELT) tools in our industry.
• Comfortable working with live production infrastructure.
• History of continual professional development.
• Prior experience working in a remote + async team is beneficial.

What We Offer

• Flexible working environments
• Birthday Leave
• Generous study and training allowance + 5 days paid study leave
• Creative, fun, and contemporary workspaces
• Motivated team of industry experts and new talent
• Celebrated success with ‘Legend’ and ‘Kudos’ Awards
• Health and wellness program

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