Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud, DevOps & Automation

Raytheon UK; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Contributory Pension Scheme

Life Assurance 6x salary

25 days holiday + buy/sell days

Company bonus scheme

Flexible Benefits scheme

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced family friendly policies

Job summary

Raytheon UK in Gloucester is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to deploy applications and software to cloud or on‑prem environments across multiple business areas. You will help build tools, automate processes, and ensure secure, scalable platforms.

The role requires experience with Agile/SCRUM/DevOps, cloud (AWS/Azure), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet), CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, AKS).

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model.
• Cloud technologies (AWS or Azure).
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
• Experience building and deploying large-scale applications.
• CI/CD pipelines experience.
• Container platforms and orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, AKS, Docker).
• Automation and integration tools like Jenkins or Concourse CI.
• Scripting languages and source control proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Deploy applications and software to cloud or on‑prem environments.
• Build and set up development tools and infrastructure.
• Automate and improve development and release processes.
• Ensure systems are secure against cyber threats.
• Identify problems and develop updates.
• Collaborate with engineers to follow established processes.

Skills

Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery

Cloud technologies

Scripting languages

Source control

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Puppet

Chef

Jenkins

Concourse CI

Docker

Kubernetes

ECS

AKS

Helm

Job description

Raytheon UK in Gloucester is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to deploy applications and software to cloud or on‑prem environments across multiple business areas. You will help build tools, automate processes, and ensure secure, scalable platforms.

The role requires experience with Agile/SCRUM/DevOps, cloud (AWS/Azure), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet), CI/CD pipelines, and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, AKS).