Senior Platform Engineer - Cloud & DevOps Leader

Openwork Limited; Swindon; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £60,000

On‑target bonus 10%

Pension scheme: up to 5% employer + 5%

Critical illness cover

Income protection

Death in service

23–25 days holiday + bank holidays (+

Flexible benefits package

Job summary

Openwork Limited is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, deliver and improve secure, scalable technology platforms across Azure and on-prem environments. You’ll champion a DevOps culture and provide technical leadership on key projects, ensuring end‑to‑end ownership by squads.

You’ll collaborate across Engineering and Technology teams, manage incidents and automate infrastructure, while maintaining security and resilience across cloud and hybrid setups.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and related services.
• Proficiency in Azure DevOps, Terraform and IaC practices.
• Experience with cloud migration and DevOps methodologies.
• Strong networking and security across cloud and on-prem environments.
• Automation, scripting, monitoring and performance optimisation.
• Itil disciplines including incident, problem and change management.
• Ability to lead implementations and manage third-party suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Act as senior technical lead in design, deployment and support of cloud and on‑prem infrastructure.
• Lead technical discussions with third-party providers and internal stakeholders.
• Develop and enhance automation and IaC to improve efficiency.
• Maintain monitoring, performance, capacity and availability; troubleshoot root causes.
• Ensure security, backup, disaster recovery and business continuity readiness.
• Document technical information and escalate technology risks.
• Collaborate across teams to remove blockers and support delivery.
• Participate in out-of-hours support rota when required.

Skills

Microsoft Azure

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Networking & Security

Automation & Scripting

ITIL

Tools

ARM templates

Azure AD/Entra ID

ADFS

VMware

Cisco

Job description

Openwork Limited is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, deliver and improve secure, scalable technology platforms across Azure and on-prem environments. You’ll champion a DevOps culture and provide technical leadership on key projects, ensuring end‑to‑end ownership by squads.

You’ll collaborate across Engineering and Technology teams, manage incidents and automate infrastructure, while maintaining security and resilience across cloud and hybrid setups.