Senior Platform Engineer - AI-Ready Infra & Security

Intellias; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellias in London is seeking a seasoned Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to help scale the internal platform and secure on‑prem infrastructure for AI-ready data foundations. You will design and automate with Terraform, Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes, building self‑service workflows and robust observability.

You will partner with engineering teams to diagnose complex distributed systems, enforce security best practices, and contribute to the platform roadmap while communicating clearly with

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering with infra/platform focus.
• Strong Python and Bash scripting skills.
• Solid Linux fundamentals and on-prem infrastructure knowledge.
• Hands-on with Terraform and Ansible.
• Good Docker and Kubernetes knowledge.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines with major tools.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
• Security awareness: secrets management, IAM and supply chain risk.
• Strong troubleshooting and collaborative communication skills.
• English level at least B2+.

Responsibilities

• Develop and operate the internal infrastructure platform.
• Collaborate with engineering to convert pain points into scalable features.
• Automate manual infrastructure tasks and build self-service workflows.
• Implement observability through metrics, structured logging and alerts.
• Own production issues from troubleshooting to permanent resolution.
• Scale on‑prem compute and storage with cost and performance in mind.
• Embed security best practices, including auditability and least privilege.
• Evaluate new tools and contribute to the platform roadmap.

Skills

Python

Bash

Linux

5+ years

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

Intellias in London is seeking a seasoned Platform/Infrastructure Engineer to help scale the internal platform and secure on‑prem infrastructure for AI-ready data foundations. You will design and automate with Terraform, Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes, building self‑service workflows and robust observability.

You will partner with engineering teams to diagnose complex distributed systems, enforce security best practices, and contribute to the platform roadmap while communicating clearly with